Indazole and azaindazole substituted compounds as mGluR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction

ABSTRACT

Compounds, including those of the following formula: 
                         
wherein the variables are defined herein, which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.

This application claims priority from International Patent Application No. PCT/US2016/016018 filed Feb. 1, 2016 which claims benefit to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/110,435 which was filed on Jan. 30, 2015, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by this reference.

BACKGROUND

The amino acid L-glutamate (referred to herein simply as glutamate) is the principal excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). Within the CNS, glutamate plays a key role in synaptic plasticity (e.g., long term-potentiation (the basis of learning and memory)), motor control and sensory perception. It is now well understood that a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders, including, but not limited to, schizophrenia, general psychosis and cognitive deficits, are associated with dysfunctions in the glutamatergic system. Thus, modulation of the glutamatergic system is an important therapeutic goal. Glutamate acts through two distinct receptors: ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors. The first class, the ionotropic glutamate receptors, is comprised of multi-subunit ligand-gated ion channels that mediate excitatory post-synaptic currents. Three subtypes of ionotropic glutamate receptors have been identified, and despite glutamate serving as agonist for all three receptor subtypes, selective ligands have been discovered that activate each subtype. The ionotropic glutamate receptors are named after their respective selective ligands: kainate receptors, AMPA receptors and NMDA receptors.

The second class of glutamate receptor, termed metabotropic glutamate receptors, (mGluRs), are G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) that modulate neurotransmitter release or the strength of synaptic transmission, based on their location (pre- or post-synaptic). The mGluRs are family C GPCR, characterized by a large (˜560 amino acid) “venus fly trap” agonist binding domain in the amino-terminal domain of the receptor. This unique agonist binding domain distinguishes family C GPCRs from family A and B GPCRs wherein the agonist binding domains are located within the 7-strand transmembrane spanning (7TM) region or within, the extracellular loops that connect the strands to this region. To date, eight distinct mGluRs have been identified, cloned and sequenced. Based on structural similarity, primary coupling to intracellular signaling pathways and pharmacology, the mGluRs have been assigned to three groups: Group I (mGluR1 and mGluR5), Group II (mGluR2 and mGluR3) and Group III (mGluR4, mGluR6, mGluR7 and mGluR8). Group I mGluRs are coupled through Gαq/11 to increase inositol phosphate and metabolism and resultant increases in intracellular calcium. Group I mGluRs are primarily located post-synaptically and have a modualtory effect on ion channel activity and neuronal excitability. Group II (mGluR2 and mGluR3) and Group III (mGluR4, mGluR6, mGluR7 and mGluR8) mGluRs are primarily located pre-synaptically where they regulate the release of neurotransmitters, such as glutamate. Group II and Group III mGluRs are coupled to Gαi and its associated effectors such as adenylate cyclase.

mGluR4 belongs to the group III mGluR subfamily and is located in predominantly presynaptic locations in the central nervous system (Benitez et al., 2000; Bradley et al., 1996; Bradley et al., 1999; Mateos et al., 1998; Phillips et al., 1997) where it is functions as an auto- and heteroreceptor to regulate the release of both GABA and glutamate. mGluR4 has also been shown to be expressed at a low level in some postsynaptic locations (Benitez et al., 2000). Numerous reports indicate that mGluR4 is expressed in most brain regions, particularly in neurons known to play key roles in functions of the basal ganglia (Bradley et al., 1999; Corti et al., 2002; Kuramoto et al., 2007; Marino et al., 2003a), learning and memory (Bradley et al., 1996), vision (Akazawa et al., 1994; Koulen et. al, 1996; Quraishi et al., 2007), cerebellar functions (Makoff et al., 1996), feeding and the regulation of hypothalamic hormones (Flor et al., 1995), sleep and wakefulness (Noriega et al., 2007) as well as many others. There are now a number of literature reports describing a role for mGluR4 modulation in Parkinson's disease (Battaglia et al., 2006; Lopez et al., 2007; Marino et al., 2005; Marino et al., 2003b; Ossowska et al., 2007; Valenti et al., 2003), anxiety (Stachowicz et al., 2006; Stachowicz et al., 2004), motor effects after alcohol consumption (Blednov et al., 2004), neurogenic fate commitment and neuronal, survival (Saxe et al., 2007), epilepsy (Chapman et al., 2001; Pitsch et al., 2007: Snead et al., 2000; Wang et al., 2005) and cancer, particularly medulloblastoma (Iacovelli et al., 2004).

In addition, there is evidence that activation of mGluR4 receptors (expressed in islets of Langerhans) would inhibit glucagon secretion (Uehara et al., 2004). Thus, activation of mGluR4 may be an effective treatment for disorders involving defects in glucose metabolism such ashypoglycemia, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity.

Also, there are reports that: activation of Group III mGluRs, specifically mGluR4, may be an effective treatment for neuroinflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and related disorders (Besong et al., 2002).

Also, that activation of Group III mGluRs, specifically mGlu4 positive allosteric modulators (PAMs), may be an effective treatment for neuroinflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and related disorders (Besong et. al., 2002; Taylor et al., 2003; Fallarino et al., 2010).

There are two variants of the mGluR4 receptor which are expressed in taste tissues; and thus activation of mGluR4 may be used as taste enhancers, blockade of certain tastes, or taste agents, flavoring agents or other food additives (Kurihara, 2009; Chaudhari et al, 2009).

Despite advances in mGluR4 research, there is still a scarcity of compounds that effectively potentiate mGluR4 which are also effective in the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamatergic neurotransmission dysfunction and diseases. As well as inflammatory central nervous system disorders, medulloblastomas, metabolic disorders and taste enhancing associated with glutamatergic dysfunction and diseases in which mGluR4 receptor is involved. Further, conventional mGluR4 receptor modulators typically lack satisfactory aqueous solubility and exhibit poor oral bioavailability. These needs and other needs are satisfied by the present invention.

SUMMARY

In accordance with the purpose(s) of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, the invention, in one aspect, relates to compounds useful as allosteric modulators of mGluR4 receptor activity, methods of making same, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction, for example Parkinson's disease, using same. Further disclosed are methods and pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating a disease related to mGluR4 activity. In one aspect, the disclosed compounds can affect the sensitivity of mGluR4 receptors to agonists without binding to the orthosteric agonist binding site or acting as orthosteric agonists themselves. A “receptor allosteric agonist”, as used herein, is generally defined as a ligand that functions as both an allosteric modulator and as an agonist on its own (though the latter is usually only at higher concentrations). The presence of a the receptor allosteric agonist (Ago-PAM) activity may offer advantages in various CNS and neurological disorders where the basal glutamatergic tone is low in given brain regions.

Disclosed are methods for the treatment of a neurotransmission dysfunction or other disease state associated with mGluR4 activity in a mammal comprising the step of administering to the mammal at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the dysfunction in the mammal, the compound having a structure represented by formula (I):

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3, O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.

Also disclosed are methods for potentiating mGluR4 activity in a subject comprising the step of administering to the subject at least one compound at least one compound having a structure represented by formula (I):

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. OR, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—C₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, in a dosage and amount effective to potentiate mGluR4 receptor activity in the subject.

Also disclosed are methods of potentiating mGluR4 activity in at least one cell comprising the step of contacting at least one cell with at least one compound having a structure represented by formula (I):

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3, O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-hetetoaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl CH₂—CF₅, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropryidine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, in an amount effective to potentiate mGluR4 receptor activity in the at least one cell.

Also disclosed are compounds having a structure represented by formula (I):

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl, (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.

Also disclosed pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound having a structure represented by formula (I):

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl alkoxyphenyl pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.

Also disclosed are methods for potentiating mGluR4 activity in at least one cell comprising the step of contacting at least one cell with at least one disclosed compound in an amount effective to potentiate mGluR4 receptor activity in at least one cell.

Also disclosed are methods for potentiating mGluR4 activity in a subject comprising the step of administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one disclosed compound in a dosage and amount effective to potentiate mGluR4 receptor activity in the subject.

Also disclosed are methods for the treatment of a disorder associated with mGluR4 neurotransmission dysfunction or other mGluR4 mediated disease states in a mammal comprising the step of administering to the mammal at least one disclosed compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the disorder in the mammal.

Also disclosed are methods for making a compound comprising the steps of providing an amine compound having a structure represented by formula (I):

as shown in the Examples below; wherein the variables are defined herein.

Also disclosed are the products of the disclosed, methods of making.

Also disclosed are methods for the manufacture of a medicament for potentiating mGluR4 receptor activity in a mammal comprising combining a compound having a structure represented by formula (I):

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycyclohereroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfinyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.

Also disclosed are the products of the disclosed methods for the manufacture of a medicament.

Also disclosed are uses of a compound for potentiating mGluR4 receptor activity in a mammal, wherein the compound has a structure represented by formula (I):

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.

Also disclosed are methods for the treatment of a neurotransmission dysfunction and other disease states associated with mGluR4 activity in a mammal comprising the step of co-administering to the mammal at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the dysfunction in the mammal, the compound having a structure represented by formula (I):

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. OR, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof with a drug having a known side-effect of increasing metabotropic glutamate receptor activity.

Also disclosed are methods for the treatment of a neurotransmission dysfunction and other disease states associated with mGluR4 activity in a mammal comprising the step of co-administering to the mammal at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the dysfunction in the mammal the compound having a structure represented by formula (I):

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof with a drug known to treat a disorder associated with increasing metabotropic glutamate receptor activity.

Also disclosed are methods for the treatment of a neurotransmission dysfunction and other disease states associated with mGluR4 activity in a mammal comprising the step of co-administering to the mammal at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the dysfunction in the mammal, the compound having a structure represented by a Also disclosed are methods for the treatment of a neurotransmission dysfunction and other disease states associated with mGluR4 activity in a mammal comprising the step of co-administering to the mammal at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the dysfunction in the mammal, the compound having a structure represented by formula (I):

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof with a drug known to treat the neurotransmission dysfunction or other disease states.

Also disclosed are kits comprising a compound having a structure represented by Also disclosed are methods for the treatment of a neurotransmission dysfunction and other disease states associated with mGluR4 activity in a mammal comprising the step of co-administering to the mammal at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the dysfunction in the mammal, the compound having a structure represented by formula (I):

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, and one or more of a drug having a known side-effect of increasing metabotropic glutamate receptor activity, a drug known to treat a disorder associated with increasing metabotropic glutamate receptor activity, and/or a drug known to treat the neurotransmission dysfunction.

Additional advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or can be learned by practice of the invention. The advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by means of the elements and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention, as claimed.

DESCRIPTION

The present invention can be understood more readily by reference to the following detailed description of the invention and the Examples included therein.

Before the present compounds, compositions, articles, systems, devices, and/or methods are disclosed and described, it is to be understood that they are not limited to specific synthetic methods unless otherwise specified, or to particular reagents unless otherwise specified, as such may, of course, vary. It is also to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular aspects only and is not intended to be limiting. Although any methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention, example methods and materials are now described.

All publications mentioned herein are incorporated herein by reference to disclose and describe the methods and/or materials in connection with which the publications are cited. The publications discussed herein are provided solely for their disclosure prior to the filing date of the present application. Nothing herein is to be construed as an admission that the present invention is not entitled to antedate such publication by virtue of prior invention. Further, the dates of publication provided herein can be different from the actual publication dates, which need to be independently confirmed.

I. Definitions

As used in the specification and the appended claims, the singular forms “a” “an” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “a functional group,” “an alkyl,” or “a residue” includes mixtures of two or more such functional groups, alkyls, or residues, and the like.

Ranges can be expressed herein as from “about” one particular value, and/or to “about” another particular value. When such a range is expressed, a further aspect includes from the one particular value and/or to the other particular value. Similarly, when values are expressed as approximations, by use of the antecedent “about,” it will be understood that the particular value forms a further aspect. It will be further understood that the endpoints of each of the ranges are significant both in relation to the other endpoint, and independently of the other endpoint. It is also understood that there are a number of values disclosed herein, and that each value is also herein disclosed as “about” that particular value in addition to the value itself. For example, if the value “10” is disclosed, then “about 10” is also disclosed. It is also understood that each unit between two particular units are also disclosed. For example, if 10 and 15 are disclosed, then 11, 12, 13, and 14 are also disclosed.

As used herein, the terms “optional” or “optionally” means that the subsequently described event or circumstance can or cannot occur, and that the description includes instances where said event or circumstance occurs and instances where it does not.

As used herein, the term “receptor positive allosteric modulator” refers to any exogenously administered compound or agent that directly or indirectly augments the activity of any form (for example, homomeric, heteromeric, oligomeric, or interacting with other proteins or cellular components) of the receptor in the presence or in the absence of the endogenous ligand (such as glutamate, L-serine O-phosphate (L-SOP), other endogenous ligands, other neurotransmitters, etc.) in an animal, in particular a mammal, for example a human. The term “receptor positive allosteric modulator” includes a compound that is a “receptor allosteric potentiator” or a “receptor allosteric agonist,” as well as a compound that has mixed activity as both a “receptor allosteric potentiator” and an “mGluR receptor allosteric agonist.”

As used herein, the term “receptor allosteric potentiator” refers to any exogenously administered compound or agent that directly or indirectly augments the response of any form (for example, homomeric, heteromeric, oligomeric, or interacting with other proteins or cellular components) of the receptor produced by the endogenous ligand (such as glutamate, L-serine O-phosphate (L-SOP), other endogenous ligands, other neurotransmitters, etc.) when it binds to an allosteric site of any form of receptor in an animal, in particular a mammal, for example a human. The receptor allosteric potentiator binds to a site other (ban the orthosteric site (an allosteric site) and positively augments the response of the receptor to an agonist. As it is predicted to induce less desensitization of the receptor, activity of a compound as a receptor allosteric potentiator provides advantages over the use of a pure receptor allosteric agonist. Such advantages can include, for example, increased safety margin, higher tolerability, diminished potential for abuse, and reduced toxicity.

As used herein, the term “receptor allosteric agonist” refers to any exogenously administered compound or agent that directly augments the activity of any form (for example, homomeric, heteromeric, oligomeric, or interacting with other proteins or cellular components) of the receptor in the absence of the endogenous ligand (such as glutamate, L-serine O-phosphate (L-SOP), other endogenous ligands, other neurotransmitters, etc.) in an animal, in particular a mammal, for example a human. The receptor allosteric agonist binds to the allosteric glutamate site of the receptor and directly influences the orthosteric site of the receptor, the term “receptor positive allosteric modulator” refers to any exogenously administered compound or agent that directly or indirectly augments the activity of the receptor in the presence or in the absence of the endogenous ligand (such as glutamate, L-serine O-phosphate (L-SOP), other endogenous ligands, other neurotransmitters, etc.) in an animal, in particular a mammal, for example a human. The term “receptor positive allosteric modulator” includes a compound that is a “receptor allosteric potentiator” or a “receptor allosteric agonist,” as well as a compound that has mixed activity as both a “receptor allosteric potentiator” and an “mGluR receptor allosteric agonist.”

In some aspects of the disclosed methods, the subject has been diagnosed with a need for treatment of one or more neurological and/or psychiatric disorder and/or any other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction prior to the administering step, in some aspects of the disclosed method, the subject has been diagnosed with a need for potentiation of metabotropic glutamate receptor activity prior to the administering step. In some aspects of the disclosed method, the subject has been diagnosed with a need for partial agonism of metabotropic glutamate receptor activity prior to the administering step. In some aspects, the disclosed methods can further comprise a step of identifying a subject having a need for treatment of a disclosed disorder.

As used herein, the term “treatment” refers to the medical management of a patient with the intent to cure, ameliorate, stabilize, or prevent a disease, pathological condition, or disorder. This term includes active treatment, that is, treatment directed specifically toward the improvement of a disease, pathological condition, or disorder, and also includes causal treatment, that is, treatment directed toward removal of the cause of the associated disease, pathological condition, or disorder. In addition, this term includes palliative treatment, that is, treatment designed for the relief of symptoms rather than the curing of the disease, pathological condition, or disorder; preventative treatment, that is, treatment directed to minimizing or partially or completely inhibiting the development of the associated disease, pathological condition, or disorder; and supportive treatment, that is, treatment employed to supplement another specific therapy directed toward the improvement of the associated disease, pathological condition, or disorder.

As used herein, the term “prevent” or “preventing” refers to precluding, averting, obviating, forestalling, stopping, or hindering something from happening, especially by advance action. It is understood that where reduce, inhibit or prevent are used herein, unless specifically indicated otherwise, the use of the other two words is also expressly disclosed.

As used herein, the term “diagnosed” means having been subjected to a physical examination by a person of skill, for example, a physician, and found to have a condition that can be diagnosed or treated by the compounds, compositions, or methods disclosed herein. For example, “diagnosed with a disorder treatable by potentiation of mGluR4 activity” means having been subjected to a physical examination by a person of skill, for example, a physician, and found to have a condition that can be diagnosed or treated by a compound or composition that can favorably potentiate mGluR4 activity. As a further example, “diagnosed with a need for potentiation of mGluR4 activity” refers to having been subjected to a physical examination by a person of skill, for example, a physician, and found to have a condition characterized by abnormal mGluR4 activity. Such a diagnosis can be in reference to a disorder, such as Parkinson's disease, and the like, as discussed herein.

As used herein, the phrase “identified to be in need of treatment for a disorder,” or the like, refers to selection of a subject based upon need for treatment of the disorder. For example, a subject can be identified as having a need for treatment of a disorder (e.g., a disorder related to mGluR4 activity) based upon an earlier diagnosis by a person of skill and thereafter subjected to treatment for the disorder. It is contemplated that the identification can, in one aspect, be performed by a person different from the person making the diagnosis. It is also contemplated, in a further aspect, that the administration can be performed by one who subsequently performed the administration.

As used herein, the term “receptor allosteric agonist”, as used herein, is generally defined as a ligand that functions as both an allosteric modulator and as an agonist on its own (though the latter is usually only at higher concentrations).

As used herein, the term “diagnosed with a need for potentiation of metabotropic glutamate receptor activity” refers to having been subjected to a physical examination by a person of skill, for example, a physician, and found to have a condition that can be diagnosed or treated by potentiation of metabotropic glutamate receptor activity.

As used herein, “diagnosed with a need for partial agonism of metabotropic glutamate receptor activity” means having been subjected to a physical examination by a person of skill, for example, a physician, and found to have a condition that can be diagnosed or treated by partial agonism of metabotropic glutamate receptor activity.

As used herein, “diagnosed with a need for treatment of one or more neurological and/or psychiatric disorder or any disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction” means having been subjected to a physical examination, by a person of skill, for example, a physician, and found to have one or more neurological and/or psychiatric disorder associated with glutamate dysfunction.

As used herein, the terms “administering” and “administration” refer to any method of providing a pharmaceutical preparation to a subject. Such methods are well known to those skilled in the art and include, but are not limited to, oral administration, transdermal administration, administration by inhalation, nasal administration, topical administration, intravaginal administration, ophthalmic administration, intraaural administration, intracerebral administration, rectal administration, and parenteral administration, including injectable such as intravenous administration, intra-arterial administration, intramuscular administration, and subcutaneous administration. Administration can be continuous or intermittent. In various aspects, a preparation can be administered therapeutically; that is, administered to treat an existing disease or condition. In further various aspects, a preparation can be administered prophylactically; that is, administered for prevention of a disease or condition.

As used herein, the term “effective amount” refers to an amount that is sufficient to achieve the desired result or to have an effect on an undesired condition. For example, a “therapeutically effective amount” refers to an amount that is sufficient to achieve the desired therapeutic result or to have an effect on undesired symptoms, but is generally insufficient to cause adverse side effects. The specific therapeutically effective dose level for any particular patient will depend upon a variety of factors including the disorder being treated and the severity of the disorder; the specific composition employed; the age, body weight, general health, sex and diet of the patient; the time of administration; the route of administration; the rate of excretion of the specific compound employed; the duration of the treatment; drugs used in combination or coincidental with the specific compound employed and like factors well known in the medical arts. For example, it is well within the skill of the art to start doses of a compound at levels lower than those required to achieve the desired therapeutic effect and to gradually increase the dosage until the desired effect is achieved. If desired, fee effective daily dose can be divided into multiple doses for purposes of administration. Consequently, single dose compositions can contain such amounts or submultiples thereof to make up the daily dose. The dosage can be adjusted by the individual physician in the event of any contraindications. Dosage can vary, and can be administered in one or more dose administrations daily, for one or several days. Guidance can be found in the literature for appropriate dosages for given classes of pharmaceutical products. In further various aspects, a preparation can be administered in a “prophylactically effective amount”; that is, an amount effective for prevention of a disease or condition.

As used herein, the term “pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” refers to sterile aqueous or nonaqueous solutions, dispersions, suspensions or emulsions, as well as sterile powders for reconstitution into sterile injectable solutions or dispersions just prior to use. Examples of suitable aqueous and nonaqueous carriers, diluents, solvents or vehicles include water, ethanol, polyols (such as glycerol, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol and the like), carboxymethylcellulose and suitable mixtures thereof, vegetable oils (such as olive oil) and injectable organic esters such as ethyl oleate. Proper fluidity can be maintained, for example, by the use of coating materials such as lecithin, by the maintenance of the required particle size in the case of dispersions and by the use of surfactants. These compositions can also contain adjuvants such as preservatives, wetting agents, emulsifying agents and dispersing agents. Prevention of the action of microorganisms can be ensured by the inclusion of various antibacterial and antifungal agents such as paraben, chlorobutanol, phenol, sorbic acid and the like. It can also be desirable to include isotonic agents such as sugars, sodium chloride and the like. Prolonged absorption of the injectable pharmaceutical form can be brought about by the inclusion of agents, such as aluminum monostearate and gelatin, which delay absorption. Injectable depot forms are made by forming microencapsule matrices of the drug in biodegradable polymers such as polylactide-polyglycolide, poly(orthoesters) and poly(anhydrides). Depending upon the ratio of drug to polymer and the nature of the particular polymer employed, the rate of drug release can be controlled. Depot injectable formulations are also prepared by entrapping the drug in liposomes or microemulsions which are compatible with body tissues. The injectable formulations can be sterilized, for example, by filtration through a bacterial-retaining filter or by incorporating sterilizing agents in the form of sterile solid compositions which can be dissolved or dispersed in sterile water or other sterile injectable media just prior to use. SuiTable 3nert carriers can include sugars such as lactose. Desirably, at least 95% by weight of the particles of the active ingredient have an effective particle size in the range of 0.01 to 10 micrometers.

A residue of a chemical species, as used in the specification and concluding claims, refers to the moiety that is the resulting pro-duet of the chemical species in a particular reaction scheme or subsequent formulation or chemical product, regardless of whether the moiety is actually obtained from the chemical species. Thus, an ethylene glycol residue in a polyester refers to one or more —OCH2CH2O— units in the polyester, regardless of whether ethylene glycol was used to prepare the polyester. Similarly, a sebacic acid residue in a polyester refers to one or more —CO(CH2)8CO— moieties in the polyester, regardless of whether the residue is obtained by reacting sebacic acid or an ester thereof to obtain the polyester.

As used herein, the term “substituted” is contemplated to include all permissible substituents of organic compounds. In a broad aspect, the permissible substituents include acyclic and cyclic, branched and unbranched, carbocyclic and heterocyclic, and aromatic and nonaromatic substituents of organic compounds. Illustrative substituents include, for example, those described below. The permissible substituents can be one or more and the same or different for appropriate organic compounds. For purposes of this disclosure, the heteroatoms, such as nitrogen, can have hydrogen substituents and/or any permissible substituents of organic compounds described herein which satisfy the valences of the heteroatoms. This disclosure is not intended to be limited in any manner by the permissible substituents of organic compounds. Also, the terms “substitution” or “substituted with” include the implicit proviso that such substitution is in accordance with permitted valence of the substituted atom and the substituent, and that, the substitution results in a stable compound, e.g., a compound that does not spontaneously undergo transformation such as by rearrangement, cyclization, elimination, etc.

In defining various terms, “A1,” “A2,” “A3,” and “A4” are used herein as generic symbols to represent various specific substituents. These symbols can be any substituent, not limited to those disclosed herein, and when they are defined to be certain substituents in one instance, they can, in another instance, be defined as some other substituents.

The term “alkyl” as used herein is a branched or unbranched saturated hydrocarbon group of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, s-butyl, t-butyl, n-pentyl, isopentyl, s-pentyl, neopentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl, dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl, eicosyl, tetracosyl, and the like. The alkyl group can be cyclic or acyclic. The alkyl group can be branched or unbranched. The alkyl group can also be substituted or unsubstituted. For example, the alkyl group can be substituted with one or more groups including, but not limited to, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, amino, ether, halide, hydroxy, nitro, silyl, sulfo-oxo, or thiol, as described herein. A “lower alkyl” group is an alkyl group containing from one to six (e.g., from one to four) carbon atoms.

Throughout the specification “alkyl” is generally used to refer to both unsubstituted alkyl groups and substituted alkyl groups; however, substituted alkyl groups are also specifically referred to herein by identifying the specific substituent(s) on the alkyl group. For example, the term “halogenated alkyl” specifically refers to an alkyl group that is substituted with one or more halide, e.g., fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine. The term “alkoxyalkyl” specifically refers to an alkyl group that is substituted with one or more alkoxy groups, as described below. The term “alkylamino” specifically refers to an alkyl group that is substituted with one or more amino groups, as described below, and the like. When “alkyl” is used in one instance and a specific term such as “alkylalcohol” is used in another, it is not meant to imply that the term “alkyl” does not also refer to specific terms such as “alkylalcohol” and the like.

This practice is also used for other groups described herein. That is, while a term such as “cycloalkyl” refers to both unsubstituted and substituted cycloalkyl moieties, the substituted moieties can, in addition, be specifically identified herein; for example, a particular substituted cycloalkyl can be referred to as, e.g., an “alkylcycloalkyl.” Similarly, a substituted alkoxy can be specifically referred to as, e.g., a “halogenated alkoxy,” a particular substituted alkenyl can be, e.g., an “alkenylalcohol,” and the like. Again, the practice of using a general term, such as “cycloalkyl,” and a specific term, such as “alkylcycloalkyl,” is not meant to imply that the general term does not also include the specific term.

The term “cycloalkyl” as used herein is a non-aromatic carbon-based ring composed of at least three carbon atoms. Examples of cycloalkyl groups include, but are not limited to, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, norbornyl, and the like. The term “heterocycloalkyl” is a type of cycloalkyl group as defined above, and is included within the meaning of the term “cycloalkyl,” where at least one of the carbon atoms of the ring is replaced with a heteroatom such as, but not limited to, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, or phosphorus. The cycloalkyl group and heterocycloalkyl group can be substituted or unsubstituted. The cycloalkyl group and heterocycloalkyl group can be substituted with one or more groups including, but not limited to, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, amino, ether, halide, hydroxy, nitro, silyl, sulfo-oxo, or thiol as described herein.

The term “polyalkylene group” as used herein is a group having two or more CH₂ groups linked to one another. The polyalkylene group can be represented by a formula —(CH₂)_(a)—, where “a” is an integer of from 2 to 500.

The terms “alkoxy” and “alkoxyl” as used herein to refer to an alkyl or cycloalkyl group bonded through an ether linkage; that is, an “alkoxy” group can be defined as —OA¹ where A¹ is alkyl or cycloalkyl as defined above. “Alkoxy” also includes polymers of alkoxy groups as just described; that is, an alkoxy can be a polyether such as —OA¹-OA² or —OA¹-(OA²)_(a)-OA³, where “a” is an integer of from 1 to 200 and A¹, A², and A³ are alkyl and/or cycloalkyl groups.

The term “alkenyl” as used herein is a hydrocarbon group of from 2 to 24 carbon atoms with, a structural formula containing at least one carbon-carbon double bond. Asymmetric structures such as (A¹A²)C═C(A³A⁴) are intended to include both the E and Z isomers. This can be presumed in structural formulae herein wherein, an asymmetric alkene is present, or it can be explicitly indicated by the bond symbol C═C. The alkenyl group can be substituted with one or more groups including, but not limited to, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl alkoxy, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aldehyde, amino, carboxylic acid, ester, ether, halide, hydroxy, ketone, azide, nitro, silyl, sulfo-oxo, or thiol, as described, herein.

The term “cycloalkenyl” as used herein is a non-aromatic carbon-based ring composed of at least three carbon atoms and containing at least one carbon-carbon double bound, i.e., C═C. Examples of cycloalkenyl groups include, but are not limited to, cyclopropenyl, cyclobutenyl, cyclopentenyl, cyclopentadienyl, cyclohexenyl, cyclohexadienyl, norbornenyl, and the like. The term “heterocycloalkenyl” is a type of cycloalkenyl group as defined above, and is included within the meaning of the term, “cycloalkenyl” where at least one of the carbon atoms of the ring is replaced with a heteroatom such as, but not limited to, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, or phosphorus. The cycloalkenyl group and heterocycloalkenyl group can be substituted or unsubstituted. The cycloalkenyl group and heterocycloalkenyl group can be substituted with one or more groups including, but not limited to, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aldehyde, amino, carboxylic acid, ester, ether, halide, hydroxy, ketone, azide. nitro, silyl, sulfo-oxo, or thiol as described herein.

The term “alkynyl” as used herein is a hydrocarbon group of 2 to 24 carbon atoms with a structural formula containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond. The alkynyl group can be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more groups including, but not limited to, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aldehyde, amino, carboxylic acid, ester, ether, halide, hydroxy, ketone, azide, nitro, silyl, sulfo-oxo, or thiol, as described herein.

The term “cycloalkynyl” as used herein is a non-aromatic carbon-based ring composed of at least seven carbon atoms and containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bound. Examples of cycloalkynyl groups include, but are not limited to, cycloheptynyl, cyclooctynyl cyclononynyl and the like. The term “heterocycloalkynyl” is a type of cycloalkenyl group as defined above, and is included within the meaning of the term “cycloalkynyl,” where at least one of the carbon atoms of the ring is replaced with a heteroatom such as, but not limited to, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, or phosphorus. The cycloalkynyl group and heterocycloalkynyl group can be substituted or unsubstituted. The cycloalkynyl group and heterocycloalkynyl group can be substituted with one or more groups including, but not limited to, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aldehyde, amino, carboxylic acid, ester, ether, halide, hydroxy, ketone, azide, nitro, silyl, sulfo-oxo, or thiol as described herein.

The term “aryl” as used herein is a group that contains any carbon-based aromatic group including, but not limited to, benzene, naphthalene, phenyl, biphenyl, phenoxybenzene, and the like. The term “aryl” also includes “heteroaryl,” which is defined as a group that contains an aromatic group that has at least one heteroatom incorporated within the ring of the aromatic group. Examples of heteroatoms include, but are not limited to, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and phosphorus. Likewise, the term “non-heteroaryl,” which is also included in the term “aryl,” defines a group that, contains an aromatic group that does not contain a heteroatom. The and group can be substituted or unsubstituted. The aryl group can be substituted with one or more groups including, but not limited to, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aldehyde, amino, carboxylic acid, ester, ether, halide, hydroxy, ketone, azide, nitro, silyl, sulfo-oxo, or thiol as described herein. The term “biaryl” is a specific type of aryl group and is included in the definition of “aryl.” Biaryl refers to two aryl groups that are bound together via a fused ring structure, as in naphthalene, or are attached via one or more carbon-carbon bonds, as in biphenyl.

The term “aldehyde” as used herein is represented by a formula —C(O)H. Throughout this specification “C(O)” is a short hand notation for a carbonyl group, i.e., C═O.

The terms “amine” or “amino” as used herein are represented by a formula NA¹A²A³, where A¹, A², and A³ can be, independently, hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl, or heteroaryl group as described herein.

The term “carboxylic acid” as used herein is represented by a formula —C(O)OH.

The term “ester” as used herein is represented by a formula —OC(O)A¹ or —C(O)OA¹, where A¹ can be an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl or heteroaryl group as described herein. The term “polyester” as used herein is represented by a formula -(A¹O(O)C-A²-C(O)O)_(a)— or -(A¹O(O)C-A²-OC(O))_(a)—, where A¹ and A² can be, independently, an optionally substituted alkyl cycloalkyl, alkenyl cycloalkenyl, alkynyl cycloalkynyl, aryl, or heteroaryl group described herein and “a” is an integer from 1 to 500. “Polyester” is as the term used to describe a group that is produced by the reaction between a compound having at least two carboxylic acid groups with a compound having at least two hydroxyl groups.

The term “ether” as used herein is represented by a formula A¹OA², where A¹ and A² can be, independently, an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl, or heteroaryl group described herein. The term “polyether” as used herein is represented by a formula -(A¹O-A²O)_(a)—, where A¹ and A² can be, independently, an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl, or heteroaryl group described herein and “a” is an integer of from 1 to 500. Examples of polyether groups include polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, and polybutylene oxide.

The term “halide” as used herein refers to the halogens fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine.

The term “heterocycle,” as used herein refers to single and multi-cyclic aromatic or non-aromatic ring systems in which at least one of the ring members is other than carbon. Heterocycle includes pyridinde, pyrimidine, furan, thiophene, pyrrole, isoxazole, isothiazole, pyrazole, oxazole, thiazole, imidazole, oxazole, including, 1,2,3-oxadiazole, 1,2,5-oxadiazole and 1,3,4-oxadiazole, thiadiazole, including, 1,2,3-thiadiazole, 1,2,5-thiadiazole, and 1,1,4-thiadiazole, triazole, including, 1,2,3-triazole, 1,3,4-triazole, tetrazole, including 1,2,3,4-tetrazole and 1,2,4,5-tetrazole, pyridine, pyridazine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, triazine, including 1,2,4-triazine and 1,3,5-triazine, tetrazine, including 1,2,4,5-tetrazine, pyrrolidine, piperidine, piperazine, morpholine, azetidine, tetrahydropyran, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, and the like.

The term “hydroxyl” as used herein is represented by a formula —OH.

The term “ketone” as used herein is represented by a formula A¹C(O)A², where A¹ and A² can be independently, an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl, or heteroaryl group as described herein.

The term “azide” as used herein is represented by a formula —N₃.

The term “nitro” as used herein is represented by a formula —NO₂.

The term “nitrile” as used herein is represented by a formula —CN.

The term, “silyl” as used herein is represented by a formula —SiA¹A²A³, where A¹, A², and A³ can be, independently, hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl, or heteroaryl group as described herein.

The term “sulfo-oxo” as used herein is represented by a formulas —S(O)A¹, —S(O)₂A¹, —OS(O)₂A¹, or —OS(O)₂OA¹, where A¹ can be hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl, or heteroaryl group as described herein. Throughout this specification “S(O)” is a short hand notation for S═O. The term “sulfonyl” is used herein to refer to the sulfo-oxo group represented by a formula —S(O)₂A¹, where A¹ can be hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl, or heteroaryl group as described herein. The term “sulfone” as used herein is represented by a formula can be, independently, an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl aryl, or heteroaryl group as described herein. The term “sulfoxide” as used herein is represented by a formula A¹S(O)A², where A¹ and A² can be, independently, an optionally substituted alkyl cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkynyl aryl, or heteroaryl group as described herein.

The term “thiol” as used herein is represented by a formula —SH.

The term “organic residue” defines a carbon containing residue, i.e., a residue comprising at least one carbon atom, and includes but is not limited to the carbon-containing groups, residues, or radicals defined hereinabove. Organic residues can contain various heteroatoms, or be bonded to another molecule through a heteroatom, including oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, or the like. Examples of organic residues include but are not limited alkyl or substituted alkyls, alkoxy or substituted alkoxy, mono or di-substituted amino, amide groups, etc. Organic residues can preferably comprise 1 to 18 carbon atoms, 1 to 15, carbon atoms, 1 to 12 carbon atoms, 1 to 8 carbon atoms, 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or 1 to 4 carbon atoms, in a further aspect, an organic residue can comprise 2 to 18 carbon atoms, 2 to 15, carbon atoms, 2 to 12 carbon atoms, 2 to 8 carbon atoms, 2 to 4 carbon atoms, or 2 to 4 carbon atoms

A very close synonym of the term “residue” is the term “radical” which as used in the specification and concluding claims, refers to a fragment, group, or substructure of a molecule described herein, regardless of how the molecule is prepared. For example, a 2,4-thiazolidinedione radical in a particular compound has the structure

regardless of whether thiazolidinedione is used to prepare the compound. In some aspects the radical (for example an alkyl) can be further modified (i.e., substituted alkyl) by having bonded thereto one or more “substituent radicals.” The number of atoms in a given radical is not critical to the present invention unless it is indicated to the contrary elsewhere herein.

“Organic radicals,” as the term is defined and used herein, contain one or more carbon atoms. An organic radical can have, for example, 1-26 carbon atoms, 1-18 carbon atoms, 1-12 carbon atoms, 1-8 carbon atoms, 1-6 carbon atoms, or 1-4 carbon atoms. In a further aspect, an organic radical can have 2-26 carbon atoms, 2-18 carbon atoms, 2-12 carbon atoms, 2-8 carbon atoms, 2-6 carbon atoms, or 2-4 carbon atoms. Organic radicals often have hydrogen bound to at least some of the carbon atoms of the organic radical. One example, of an organic radical that comprises no inorganic atoms is a 5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydro-2-naphthyl radical. In some aspects, an organic radical can contain 1-10 inorganic heteroatoms bound thereto or therein, including halogens, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus, and the like. Examples of organic radicals include but are not limited to an alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, mono-substituted amino, di-substituted amino, acyloxy, cyano, carboxy, carboalkoxy, alkylcarboxamide, substituted alkylcarboxamide, dialkylcarboxamide, substituted dialkylcarboxamide, alkylsulfonyl, alkylsulfinyl, thioalkyl, thiohaloalkyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, aryl substituted aryl, heteroaryl, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic radicals, wherein the terms are defined elsewhere herein. A few non-limiting examples of organic radicals that include heteroatoms include alkoxy radicals, trifluoromethoxy radicals, acetoxy radicals, dimethylamino radicals and the like.

“Inorganic radicals,” as the term is defined and used herein, contain no carbon atoms and therefore comprise only atoms other than carbon. Inorganic radicals comprise bonded combinations of atoms selected from hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, selenium, and halogens such as fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, which can be present individually or bonded together in their chemically stable combinations. Inorganic radicals have 10 or fewer, or preferably one to six or one to four inorganic atoms as listed above bonded together. Examples of inorganic radicals include, but not limited to, amino, hydroxy, halogens, nitro, thiol, sulfate, phosphate, and like commonly known inorganic radicals. The inorganic radicals do not have bonded therein the metallic elements of the periodic table (such as the alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals, lanthanide metals, or actinide metals), although such metal ions can sometimes serve as a pharmaceutically acceptable cation for anionic inorganic radicals such as a sulfate, phosphate, or like anionic inorganic radical. Typically, inorganic radicals do not comprise metalloids elements such as boron, aluminum, gallium, germanium, arsenic, tin, lead, or tellurium, or the noble gas elements, unless otherwise specifically indicated elsewhere herein.

The term “pharmaceutically acceptable” describes a material that is not biologically or otherwise undesirable, i.e., without causing an unacceptable level of undesirable biological effects or interacting in a deleterious manner.

As used herein, the term “derivative” refers to a compound having a structure derived from the structure of a parent compound (e.g., a compounds disclosed herein) and whose structure is sufficiently similar to those disclosed herein and based upon that similarity, would be expected by one skilled in the art to exhibit the same or similar activities and utilities as the claimed compounds, or to induce, as a precursor, the same or similar activities and utilities as the claimed compounds. Exemplary derivatives include salts, esters, amides, salts of esters or amides, and N-oxides of a parent compound.

The term “hydrolysable residue” is meant to refer to a functional group capable of undergoing hydrolysis, e.g., under basic or acidic conditions. Examples of hydrolysable residues include, without limitation, residues of acid halides or activated carboxylic acids, residues of trialkylsilyl halides, residues of alkyloxymethyl halides, and various other protecting groups known in the art (see, for example, “Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis,” T. W. Greene, P. G. M. Wuts, Wiley-Interscience, 1999).

The term “leaving group” refers to an atom (or a group of atoms) with electron withdrawing ability that can be displaced as a stable species, taking with it the bonding electrons. Examples of suitable leaving groups include sulfonate esters, including, but not limited to, triflate, mesylate, tosylate, brosylate, and halides.

Compounds described herein can contain one or more double bonds and, thus, potentially give rise to cis/trans (E/Z) isomers, as well as other conformational isomers. Unless stated to the contrary, the invention includes all such possible isomers, as well as mixtures of such isomers.

Unless stated to the contrary, a formula with chemical bonds shown only as solid lines and not as wedges or dashed lines contemplates each possible isomer, e.g., each enantiomer and diastereomer, and a mixture of isomers, such as a racemic or scalemic mixture. Compounds described herein can contain one or more asymmetric centers and, thus, potentially give rise to diastereomers and optical isomers. Unless stated to the contrary, the present invention includes all such possible diastereomers as well as their racemic mixtures, their substantially pure resolved enantiomers, all possible geometric isomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Mixtures of stereoisomers, as well as isolated specific stereoisomers, are also included. During the course of the synthetic procedures used to prepare such compounds, or in using racemization or epimerization procedures known to those skilled in the art, the products of such procedures can be a mixture of stereoisomers. Additionally, unless expressly described as “unsubstituted” all substituents can be substituted or unsubstituted.

In some aspects, a structure of a compound can be represented by a formula:

which is understood to be equivalent to a formula:

wherein n is typically an integer. That is, R^(n) is understood to represent five independent substituents, R^(n(a)), R^(n(b)), R^(n(c)), R^(n(d)), R^(n(e)). By “independent substituents,” it is meant that each R substituent can be independently defined. For example, if in one instance R^(n(a)) is halogen, then R^(n(b)) is not necessarily halogen in that instance. Likewise, when a group R is defined as four substituents, R is understood to represent four independent substituents, R^(a), R^(b), R^(c), and R^(d). Unless indicated to the contrary, the substituents are not limited to any particular order or arrangement.

The following abbreviations are used herein, DMF: dimethyl formamide. EtOAc: ethyl acetate. THF: tetrahydrofuran. DIPEA or DIEA: diisopropylethylamine. HOBt: 1-hydroxybenzotriazole. EDC: 1-ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride. DMSO: dimethylsulfoxide. DMAP: 4-Dimethylaminopyridine. RT: Room temperature, h: Hours. Min: Minutes. DCM: Dichloromethane. MeCN: Acetonitrile. MeOH: methanol. iPrOH: 2-Propanol. n-BuOH: 1-Butanol.

Disclosed are the components to be used to prepare the compositions of the invention as well as the compositions themselves to be used within the methods disclosed herein. These and other materials are disclosed herein, and it is understood that when combinations, subsets, interactions, groups, etc. of these materials are disclosed that while specific reference of each various individual and collective combinations and permutation of these compounds cannot be explicitly disclosed, each is specifically contemplated and described herein. For example, if a particular compound is disclosed and discussed and a number of modifications that can be made to a number of molecules including the compounds are discussed, specifically contemplated is each and every combination and permutation of the compound and the modifications that are possible unless specifically indicated to the contrary. Thus, if a class of molecules A, B, and C are disclosed as well as a class of molecules D, E, and F and an example of a combination molecule, A-D is disclosed, then even if each is not individually recited each is individually and collectively contemplated meaning combinations, A-E, A-F, B-D, B-E, B-F, C-D, C-E, and C-F are considered disclosed. Likewise, any subset or combination of these is also disclosed. Thus, for example, the sub-group of A-E, B-F, and C-E would be considered disclosed. This concept applies to all aspects of this application including, but not limited to, steps in methods of making and using the compositions of the invention. Thus, if there are a variety of additional steps that can be performed it is understood that each of these additional steps can be performed with any specific aspect or combination of aspects of the methods of the invention.

It is understood that the compositions disclosed herein have certain functions. Disclosed herein are certain structural requirements for performing the disclosed functions, and it is understood that there are a variety of structures that can perform the same function that are related to the disclosed structures, and that these structures will typically achieve the same result.

J. Compounds

In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, useful as potentiators of mGluR4 activity. In general, it is contemplated that each disclosed derivative can be optionally further substituted. It is also contemplated that any one or more derivative can be optionally omitted from foe invention. It is understood that a disclosed compound can be provided by the disclosed methods. It is also understood that the disclosed compounds can be employed in the disclosed methods of using. It is also understood that the variables received herein can be substituted or unsubstituted, and unless specifically stated otherwise, recitation of the variable contemplates both substituted or unsubstituted forms. It is also understood that the disclosed compounds can all be employed as corresponding pharmaceutical compositions.

In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having a structure represented by formula (I):

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.

Also disclosed are compounds of formula (I), wherein X and Y together form:

Also disclosed are compound described above, wherein R, when present, is F. Also disclosed are compounds described above, wherein Z is N, CH, CD, or C—Cl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

In certain embodiments, R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.

Also disclosed are compound of the following formula:

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, trifluoroalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy; and R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, heteroaryl, CO—CF₃, CD₂-alkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl, and R₂ is H, alkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloalkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is alkyl and R₂ is alkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, alkene, alkyl-heteroalkyl, alkyl-heterocycloalkylalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, trifluoroalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, heteroaryl, alkyl-acetic acid, CD₃, alkoxy, CD₂-alkyl, alkyl-CO-alkoxy, CF₃, phenyl; fluorophenyl, alkylcarbontrichloride, alkyltricluorocarbon; and R₂ is H, alkyl, Cl, CF₃, heteroaryl, cyclopentene, alkyl-phenyl, trifluoroalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, amino-alkyl-carboxylate ester; hydoxy, alkyl-cycloalkyl, amino, amino-CO—CF₃, cycloalkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, CD₃.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R may be optionally present and when present is O-Me; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroalkyl; and R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein Z is N, C—H, C-Me, C—O-Me; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CN, methylsulfonyl, O-alkoxy, O-cycloheteroalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, halogen; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-acetic acid, heterocycloalkyl, CD₃.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkene.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkyl-cycloalkyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein Z is N, CH, CD, C; halogen, C—O-Me; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, methylsulfonyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, CD₃.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R_(1A) is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, cycloheteroalkyl, amino-cycloalkyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R_(1B) is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxyphenyl, heteroaryl, nitrilepryidine, chloropyridine; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R may be optionally present and when present is F; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkoxy, hydroxyl, cycloalkyl, methysulfonyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R may be optionally present and when present is F; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₂ is alkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkylheteroaryl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkoxyphenyl, alkoxyfluorophenyl, heteroaryl, alkylheteroaryl, triflouroalkyl, alkoxyheteroaryl, alkoxy.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein Z is C or C—Cl; R_(1B) is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, alkylheteroaryl, alkoxy, CD₃, CD₂alkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, alkylphenyl, alkoxy, alkyl-heterocycloalkyl; and R₂ is heterocycloalkyl, H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl,

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R is F; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CD₃.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein r₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein Z is independently N, CH, CD, C—Cl; R; is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkene, CD₃, alkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl; and R₃ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl,

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein Y is N or CH; Z is C, N, CH, CD, or C—Cl; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkene, CD₃, alkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl,

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein Z is CH, CD, C—Cl, N; each R is optionally present and when present is F; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CD₃,

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₃ is alkoxy phenyl, pyridine, nitrilepryidine, chloropyridine.

Also disclosed are compound of the following formula:

wherein the variables are defined above, and X₁ is N and R, is alkyl, alkene, CH2-cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl, CH2-CF3, hydroxyalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, heteroaryl, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CD3, CO—CF3, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl.

In other embodiments, X₁ is CH and R₁ is CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, O-heteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl.

In other embodiments, R₁ is cyclopentylmethyl, cyclobutylmethyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopropyl cyclohexyl, tetrahydropyran, methoxyethyl.

In other embodiments, R₁ is pyridine. In other embodiments, R₁ is pyridinepyrazole.

In other embodiments, R₁ is benzisoxizole, fluoropyridine-substituted isoxazole, cyclopropyl-substituted isozazole, tetrahydropyran, methylquinolone, alkyl, piperidine, alkyl-piperadine, trifluoroethyl, cyclobutyl, methylisoxazole, methylcyclopropyl, methylcyclobutyl, methyldifluorocyclobutyl, alkylmorpholine, methyl oxadiazole, alkyl-methyl benzixoxazole.

In other embodiments, R₁ is methylbenzisoxizole.

In other embodiments, R₁ is methylbenzisoxizole.

In other embodiments, R₂ is piperazine.

In other embodiments, R₁ is methylcyclobutyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein R_(1A) is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, difluoropiperidine, piperidine, piperidine-carboxamide, fluoropiperidine, thiazine, dioxothiazine, piperizine, methyl piperizine, morpholino, pyrolidine, methylsulfonylpyrrolidine, fluoropyrrolidine, difluoropyrrolidine, N-cyclobutyl, N-difluorocyclobutyl. R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

wherein Z is C or C—Cl; R_(1B) is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, alkylheteroaryl, alkoxy, CD₃, CD₂alkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, alkylphenyl, alkoxy, alkylheterocycloalkyl, cyclopropyl, difluorocyclopropyl, piperidine, methylpiperidine, oxetane, methyloxetame, thiane, dioxothiane, tetrahydrofuran, pyridine, carbonitrilepryidine, tetrahydropyran, morpholine, morpholinoethoxy; and R₂ is heterocycloalkyl, H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Also disclosed are compounds of the following formula:

The compounds disclosed herein can include all salt forms, for example, salts of both basic groups, inter alia, amines, as well as salts of acidic groups, inter alia, carboxylic acids. The following are non-limiting examples of anions that can form, salts with protonated basic groups: chloride, bromide, iodide, sulfate, bisulfate, carbonate, bicarbonate, phosphate, formate, acetate, propionate, butyrate, pyruvate, lactate, oxalate, malonate, maleate, succinate, tartrate, lumarate, citrate, and the like. The following are non-limiting examples of cations that can form, salts of acidic groups: ammonium, sodium, lithium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, bismuth, lysine, and the like.

The analogs (compounds) of the present disclosure are arranged into several categories to assist the formulator in applying a rational synthetic strategy for the preparation of analogs which are not expressly exampled herein. The arrangement into categories does not imply increased or decreased efficacy for any of the compositions of matter described herein.

K. Pharmaceutical Compositions

In one aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the disclosed compounds. That is, a pharmaceutical composition can be provided comprising a therapeutically effective amount of at least one disclosed compound or at least one product of a disclosed method and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

In certain aspects, the disclosed pharmaceutical compositions comprise the disclosed compounds (including pharmaceutically acceptable salt(s) thereof) as an active ingredient, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and, optionally, other therapeutic ingredients or adjuvants. The instant compositions include those suitable for oral, rectal, topical, and parenteral (including subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous) administration, although the most suitable route in any given, case will depend on the particular host, and nature and severity of the conditions for which the active ingredient is being administered. The pharmaceutical compositions can be conveniently presented in unit, dosage form and prepared by any of the methods well known in the art of pharmacy.

As used herein, the term “pharmaceutically acceptable salts” refers to salts prepared from pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic bases or acids. When the compound of the present invention is acidic, its corresponding salt can be conveniently prepared from pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic bases, including inorganic bases and organic bases. Salts derived from such inorganic bases include aluminum, ammonium, calcium, copper (-ic and -ous), ferric, ferrous, lithium, magnesium, manganese (-ic and -ous), potassium, sodium, zinc and the like salts. Particularly preferred are the ammonium, calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium salts. Salts derived from pharmaceutically acceptable organic non-toxic bases include salts of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines, as well as cyclic amines and substituted amines such as naturally occurring and synthesized substituted amines. Other pharmaceutically acceptable organic non-toxic bases from which salts can be formed include ion exchange resins such as, for example, arginine, betaine, caffeine, choline, N,N′-dibenzylethylenediamine, diethylamine, 2-diethylaminoethanol, 2-dimethylaminoethanol, ethanolamine, ethylenediamine, N-ethylmorpholine, N-ethylpiperidine, glucamine, glucosamine, histidine, hydrabamine, isopropylamine, lysine, methylglucamine, morpholine, piperadine, piperidine, polyamine resins, procaine, purities, theobromine, triethylamine, trimethylamme, tripropylamine, tromethamine and the like.

As used herein, the term “pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic acids” includes inorganic acids, organic acids, and salts prepared therefrom, for example, acetic, benzenesulfonic, benzoic, camphorsulfonic, citric, ethanesulfonic, fumaric, gluconic, glutamic, hydrobromic, hydrochloric, isothionic, lactic, maleic, malic, mandelic, methanesulfonic, mucic, nitric, pamoic, pantothenic, phosphoric, succinic, sulfuric, tartaric, p-toluenesulfonic acid and the like. Preferred are citric, hydrobromic, hydrochloric, maleic, phosphoric, sulfuric, and tartaric acids.

In practice, the compounds of the invention, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, of this invention can be combined as the active ingredient in intimate admixture with a pharmaceutical carrier according to conventional pharmaceutical compounding techniques. The carrier can take a wide variety of forms depending on the form of preparation desired for administration, e.g., oral or parenteral (including intravenous). Thus, the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can be presented as discrete units suitable for oral administration such as capsules, cachets or tablets each containing a predetermined amount of the active ingredient. Further, the compositions can be presented as a powder, as granules, as a solution, as a suspension in an aqueous liquid, as a non-aqueous liquid, as an oil-in-water emulsion or as a water-in-oil liquid emulsion. In addition to the common dosage forms set out above, the compounds of the invention, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salt(s) thereof, can also be administered by controlled release means and/or delivery devices. The compositions can be prepared by any of the methods of pharmacy. In general, such methods include a step of bringing into association the active ingredient with the carrier that constitutes one or more necessary ingredients. In general, the compositions are prepared by uniformly and intimately admixing the active ingredient with liquid carriers or finely divided solid carriers or both. The product can then be conveniently shaped into the desired presentation.

Thus, the pharmaceutical compositions of this invention, can include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compounds of the invention. The compounds of the invention, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, can also be included in pharmaceutical compositions in combination with one or more other therapeutically active compounds. The pharmaceutical carrier employed can be, for example, a solid, liquid, or gas. Examples of solid carriers include lactose, terra alba, sucrose, talc, gelatin, agar, pectin, acacia, magnesium stearate, and stearic acid. Examples of liquid carriers are sugar syrup, peanut oil, olive oil, and water. Examples of gaseous carriers include carbon dioxide and nitrogen.

In preparing the compositions for oral dosage form, any convenient pharmaceutical media can be employed. For example, water, glycols, oils, alcohols, flavoring agents, preservatives, coloring agents and the like can be used to form oral liquid preparations such as suspensions, elixirs and solutions; while carriers such, as starches, sugars, macrocrystalline cellulose, diluents, granulating agents, lubricants, binders, disintegrating agents, and the like can be used to form oral solid preparations such as powders, capsules and tablets. Because of their ease of administration, tablets and capsules are the preferred oral dosage units whereby solid pharmaceutical carriers are employed. Optionally, tablets can be coated by standard aqueous or nonaqueous techniques.

A tablet containing the composition of this invention can be prepared by compression or molding, optionally with one or more accessory ingredients or adjuvants. Compressed tablets can be prepared by compressing, in a suitable machine, the active ingredient in a free-flowing form such as powder or granules, optionally mixed with a binder, lubricant, inert diluent, surface active or dispersing agent. Molded tablets can be made by molding in a suitable machine, a mixture of the powdered compound moistened with an inert liquid diluent.

The pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can comprise a compound of the invention (or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof) as an active ingredient, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and optionally one or more additional therapeutic agents or adjuvants. The instant compositions include compositions suitable for oral, rectal, topical, and parenteral (including subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous) administration, although the most suitable route in any given case will depend on the particular host, and nature and severity of the conditions for which the active ingredient, is being administered. The pharmaceutical compositions can be conveniently presented in unit, dosage form and prepared by any of the methods well known in the art of pharmacy.

Pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention suitable for parenteral administration can be prepared, as solutions or suspensions of the active compounds in water. A suitable surfactant can be included such as, for example, hydroxypropylcellulose. Dispersions can also be prepared in glycerol, liquid polyethylene glycols, and mixtures thereof in oils. Further, a preservative can be included to prevent the detrimental growth of microorganisms.

Pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention suitable for injectable use include sterile aqueous solutions or dispersions. Furthermore, the compositions can be in the form of sterile powders for the extemporaneous preparation of such sterile injectable solutions or dispersions. In all cases, the final, injectable form must be sterile and must be effectively fluid for easy syringability. The pharmaceutical compositions must be stable under the conditions of manufacture and storage; thus, preferably should be preserved against the contaminating action of microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi. The carrier can be a solvent or dispersion medium containing, for example, water, ethanol, polyol (e.g., glycerol, propylene glycol and liquid polyethylene glycol), vegetable oils, and suitable mixtures thereof.

Pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention can be in a form suitable for topical use such as, tor example, an aerosol, cream, ointment, lotion, dusting powder, mouth washes, gargles, and the like. Further, the compositions can be in a form suitable for use in transdermal devices. These formulations can be prepared, utilizing a compound of the invention, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, via conventional, processing methods. As an example, a cream or ointment is prepared by mixing hydrophilic material and water, together with about 5 wt % to about 10 wt % of the compound, to produce a cream, or ointment having a desired consistency.

Pharmaceutical compositions of this invention can be in a form suitable for rectal administration wherein the carrier is a solid. It is preferable that the mixture forms unit dose suppositories. Suitable carriers include cocoa butter and other materials commonly used in the art. The suppositories can be conveniently formed by first admixing the composition with the softened or melted carrier(s) followed by chilling and shaping in moulds.

In addition to the aforementioned carrier ingredients, the pharmaceutical formulations described above can include, as appropriate, one or more additional carrier ingredients such as diluents, buffers, flavoring agents, binders, surface-active agents, thickeners, lubricants, preservatives (including antioxidants) and the like. Furthermore, other adjuvants can be included to render the formulation isotonic with the blood of the intended recipient. Compositions containing a compound of the invention, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, can also be prepared in powder or liquid concentrate form.

A potentiated amount of an mGluR agonist to be administered in combination with an effective amount of a disclosed compound is expected to vary from about 0.1 milligram per kilogram of body weight per day (mg/kg/day) to about 100 mg/kg/day and is expected to be less than the amount that is required to provide the same effect when administered without an effective amount of a disclosed compound. Preferred amounts of a co-administered mGluR agonist are able to be determined by one skilled in the art.

In the treatment conditions which require potentiation of metabotropic glutamate receptor activity an appropriate dosage level will generally be about 0.01 to 500 mg per kg patient body weight per day and can be administered in single or multiple doses. Preferably, the dosage level will be about 0.1 to about 250 mg/kg per day; more preferably 0.5 to 100 mg/kg per day. A suitable dosage level can be about 0.01 to 250 mg/kg per day, about 0.05 to 100 mg/kg per day, or about 0.1 to 50 mg/kg per day. Within this range the dosage can be 0.05 to 0.5, 0.5 to 5.0 or 5.0 to 50 mg/kg per day. For oral administration, the compositions are preferably provided in the form of tablets containing 1.0 to 1000 milligrams of the active ingredient, particularly 1.0, 5.0, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 750, 800, 900 and 1000 milligrams of the active ingredient for the symptomatic adjustment of the dosage of the patient to be treated. The compound can be administered on a regimen of 1 to 4 times per day, preferably once or twice per day. This dosing regimen can be adjusted to provide the optimal therapeutic response.

It is understood, however, that the specific dose level for any particular patient will depend upon a variety of factors. Such factors include the age, body weight, general health, sex, and diet of the patient. Other factors include the time and route of administration, rate of excretion, drug combination, and the type and severity of the particular disease undergoing therapy.

The disclosed pharmaceutical compositions can further comprise other therapeutically active compounds, which are usually applied in the treatment of the above mentioned pathological conditions.

It is understood that the disclosed compositions can be prepared from the disclosed compounds. It is also understood that the disclosed compositions can be employed in the disclosed methods of using.

Further disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of the disclosed mGluR4 potentiators and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Accordingly, the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention include those that contain one or more other active ingredients, in addition to a compound of the present invention.

The above combinations include combinations of a disclosed compound not only with one other active compound, but also with two or more other active compounds. Likewise, disclosed compounds may be used in combination with other drugs that are used in the prevention, treatment, control, amelioration, or reduction of risk of the diseases or conditions for which disclosed compounds are useful. Such, other drugs may be administered, by a route and in an amount commonly used therefor, contemporaneously or sequentially with a compound of the present invention. When a compound of the present invention is used contemporaneously with one or more other drugs, a pharmaceutical composition containing such other drugs in addition to the compound of the present invention is preferred. Accordingly, the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention include those that also contain one or more other active ingredients, in addition to a compound of the present invention.

The weight ratio of the compound of the present invention to the second active ingredient can be varied and will depend upon the effective dose of each ingredient. Generally, an effective dose of each will be used. Thus, for example, when a compound of the present invention is combined with another agent, the weight ratio of the compound of the present invention to the other agent will generally range from about 1000:1 to about 1:1000, preferably about 200:1 to about 1:200. Combinations of a compound of the present invention and other active ingredients will generally also be within the aforementioned range, but in each case, an effective dose of each active ingredient should be used.

In such combinations the compound of the present invention and other active agents may be administered separately or in conjunction. In addition, the administration of one element can be prior to, concurrent to, or subsequent to the administration of other agent(s).

Accordingly, the subject compounds can be used alone or in combination with other agents which are known to be beneficial in the subject indications or other drugs that affect receptors or enzymes that either increase the efficacy, safety, convenience, or reduce unwanted side effects or toxicity of the disclosed compounds. The subject compound and the other agent may be coadministered, either in concomitant therapy or in a fixed combination.

In one aspect, the compound can be employed in combination with anti-Alzheimer's agents, beta-secretase inhibitors, gamma-secretase inhibitors, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, NSAIDS's (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) including ibuprofen, vitamin E, and anti-amyloid antibodies. In a further aspect, the subject compound may be employed in combination with sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics, antipsychotics, antianxiety agents, cyclopyrrolones, imidazopyridines, pyrazolopyrimidines, minor tranquilizers, melatonin agonists and antagonists, melatonergic agents, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, 5HT-2 antagonists, and the like, such as: adinazolam, allobarbital, alonimid, alprazolam, amisulpride, amitriptyline, amobarbital, amoxapine, aripiprazole, bentazepam, benzoctamine, brotizolam, bupropion, busprione, butabarbital, butalbital, capuride, carbocloral, chloral befaine, chloral hydrate, clomipramine, clonazepam, cloperidone, clorazepate, chlordiazepoxide, clorethate, chlorpromazine, clozapine, cyprazepam, desipramine, dexclamol, diazepam, dichloralphenazone, divalproex, diphenhydramine, doxepin, estazolam, ethchlorvynol, etomidate, fenobam, flunitrazepam, flupentixol, fluphenazine, flurazepam, fluvoxamine, fluoxetine, fosazepam, glutethimide, halazepam, haloperidol, hydroxyzine, imipramine, lithium, lorazepam, lormetazepam, maprotiline, mecloqualone, melatonin, mephobarbital, meprobamate, methaqualone, midaflur, midazolam, nefazodone, nisobamate, nitrazepam, nortriptyline, olanzapine, oxazepam, paraldehyde, paroxetine, pentobarbital, perlapine, perphenazine, phenelzine, phenobarbital, prazepam, promethazine, propofol, protriptyline, quazepam, quetiapine, reclazepam, risperidone, roletamide, secobarbital, sertraline, suproclone, temazepam, thioridazine, thiothixene, tracazolate, tranylcypromine, trazodone, triazolam, trepipam, tricetamide, triclofos, trifluoperazine, trimetozine, trimipramine, uldazepam, venlafaxine, zaleplon, ziprasidone, zolazepam, Zolpidem, and salts thereof and combinations thereof, and the like, or the subject compound may be administered in conjunction with the use of physical methods such as with light therapy or electrical stimulation.

In a further aspect the compound, can be employed in combination with levodopa (with or without a selective extracerebral, decarboxylase inhibitor such as carbidopa or benserazide), anticholinergics such as biperiden (optionally as its hydrochloride or lactate salt) and trihexyphenidyl (benzhexol) hydrochloride, COMT inhibitors such as entacapone, MOA-B inhibitors, antioxidants, A2a adenosine receptor antagonists, cholinergic agonists, NMDA receptor antagonists, serotonin receptor antagonists and dopamine receptor agonists such as alentemol, bromocriptine, fenoldopam, lisuride, naxagolide, pergolide and pramipexole. It will be appreciated that the dopamine agonist may be in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, for example, alentemol hydrobromide, bromocriptine mesylate, fenoldopam mesylate, naxagolide hydrochloride and pergolide mesylate. Lisuride and pramipexol are commonly used in a non-salt form.

In a further aspect, the compound can be employed in combination with a compound from the phenothiazine, thioxanthene, heterocyclic dibenzazepine, butyrophenone, diphenylbutylpiperidine and indolone classes of neuroleptic agent. Suitable examples of phenothiazines include chlorpromazine, mesoridazine, thioridazine, acetoplienazine, fluphenazine, perphenazine and trifluoperazine. Suitable examples of thioxanthenes include chlorprothixene and thiothixene. An example of a dibenzazepine is clozapine. An example of a butyrophenone is haloperidol. An example of a diphenylbutylpiperidine is pimozide. An example of an indolone is molindolone. Other neuroleptic agents include loxapine, sulpiride and risperidone. It will be appreciated that the neuroleptic agents when used in combination with the subject compound may be in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, for example, chlorpromazine hydrochloride, mesoridazine besylate, thioridazine hydrochloride, acetophenazine maleate, fluphenazine hydrochloride, flurphenazine enathate, fluphenazine decanoate, trifluoperazine hydrochloride, thiothixene hydrochloride, haloperidol decanoate, loxapine succinate and molindone hydrochloride. Perphenazine, chlorprothixene, clozapine, haloperidol, pimozide and risperidone are commonly used in a non-salt form. Thus, the subject compound may be employed in combination with acetophenazine, alentemol, aripiprazole, amisulpride, benzhexol, bromocriptine, biperiden, chlorpromazine, chlorprothixene, clozapine, diazepam, fenoldopam, fluphenazine, haloperidol, levodopa, levodopa with benserazide, levodopa with carbidopa, lisuride, loxapine, mesoridazine, molindolone, naxagolide, olanzapine, pergolide, perphenazine, pimozide, pramipexole, quetiapine, risperidone, sulpiride, tetrabenazine, trihexyphenidyl, thioridazine, thiothixene, trifluoperazine or ziprasidone.

In one aspect, the compound can be employed in combination with an anti-depressant or anti-anxiety agent, including norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (including tertiary amine tricyclics and secondary amine tricyclics), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), reversible inhibitors of monoamine oxidase (RIMAs), serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) antagonists, α-adrenoreceptor antagonists, neurokinin-1 receptor antagonists, atypical anti-depressants, benzodiazepines, 5-HTJA agonists or antagonists, especially 5-HT1A partial agonists, and corticotropin releasing factor (CRT) antagonists. Specific agents include: amitriptyline, clomipramine, doxepin, imipramine and trimipramine; amoxapine, desipramine, maprotiline, nortriptyline and protriptyline; fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine and sertraline; isocarboxazid, phenelzine, tranylcypromine and selegiline; moclobemide: venlafaxine; duloxetine; aprepitant; bupropion, lithium, nefazodone, trazodone and viloxazine; alprazolam, chlordiazepoxide, clonazepam, chlorazepate, diazepam, halazepam, lorazepam, oxazepam and prazepam; buspirone, flesinoxan, gepirone and ipsapirone, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

In the treatment of conditions which require potentiation of mGluR4 activity an appropriate dosage level will generally be about 0.01 to 500 mg per kg patient body weight per day which can be administered in single or multiple doses. Preferably, the dosage level will be about 0.1 to about 250 mg/kg per day; more preferably about 0.5 to about 100 mg/kg per day. A suitable dosage level may be about 0.01 to 250 mg/kg per day, about 0.05 to 100 mg/kg per day, or about 0.1 to 50 mg/kg per day. Within this range the dosage may be 0.05 to 0.5, 0.5 to 5 or 5 to 50 mg/kg per day. For oral administration, the compositions are preferably provided in the form of tablets containing 1.0 to 1000 milligrams of the active ingredient, particularly 1.0, 5.0, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 750, 800, 900, and 1000 milligrams of the active ingredient for the symptomatic adjustment of the dosage to the patient to be treated. The compounds may be administered on a regimen of 1 to 4 times per day, preferably once or twice per day. This dosage regimen may be adjusted to provide the optimal therapeutic response. It will be understood, however, that the specific dose level and frequency of dosage for any particular patient may be varied and will depend upon a variety of factors including the activity of the specific compound employed, the metabolic stability and length of action of that compound, the age, body weight, general health, sex, diet, mode and time of administration, rate of excretion, drug combination, the severity of the particular condition, and the host undergoing therapy.

In one aspect, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound disclosed herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

In one aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound having a structure represented by a compound of the following formula:

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R₃. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.

In another embodiment, in the compound X and Y together form:

In another embodiment, R, when present, is F. In another embodiment, Z is N, CH, CD, or C—Cl. In another embodiment, the compound is of the following formula:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

L. Methods of Using the Compounds and Compositions

mGluR4 belongs to the group III mGluR subfamily and is located in predominantly in presynaptic locations in the central nervous system where it is functions as an auto- and heteroreceptor to regulate the release of both GABA and glutamate. In addition, mGluR4 is also expressed at a low level in some postsynaptic locations. mGluR4 is expressed in most brain regions, particularly in neurons known to play key roles in the following functions of the CNS:

-   -   a) learning and memory;     -   b) regulation of voluntary movement and other motor functions     -   c) motor learning     -   d) emotional responses     -   e) habit formation, including repetitive tasks and perseverative         thought processes     -   f) reward systems     -   g) vision and olfaction     -   h) cerebellar functions;     -   i) feeding and the regulation of hypothalamic hormones; and     -   j) sleep and wakefulness.         As such, mGluR4 plays a major role in the modulation of         CNS-related diseases, syndromes and non-CNS related diseases or         conditions the like, for example,     -   k) Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism, and other disorders         involving akinesia or bradykinesia     -   l) Dystonia     -   m) Huntington's diseases and other disorders involving         involuntary movements and dyskinesias     -   n) Tourette's syndrome and related ticking disorders     -   o) Obsessive/compulsive disorder and other perseverative         behavioral disorders     -   p) Addictive disorder (including drug abuse, eating disorders,         and)     -   q) Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders     -   r) Posttraumatic stress disorder     -   s) Anxiety disorders;     -   t) motor effects after alcohol, consumption or other         drug-induced motor disorders;     -   u) neurogenic fate commitment and neuronal survival;     -   v) epilepsy;     -   w) certain cancers, for example, medulloblastoma;     -   x) type 2 diabetes, and/or other metabolic disorders; and     -   y) taste enhancement/blockade.

The disclosed compounds can act as potentiators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor activity (mGluR4). Therefore, in one aspect, the disclosed compounds can be used to treat one or more mGluR4 associated disorders that result in dysfunction in a mammal.

The disclosed compounds can be used as single agents or in combination with one or more other drugs in the treatment, prevention, control, amelioration or redaction of risk of the aforementioned diseases, disorders and conditions for which compounds of formula I or the other drugs have utility, where the combination, of drugs together are safer or more effective than either drug alone. The other drug(s) can be administered by a route and in an amount commonly used therefore, contemporaneously or sequentially with a disclosed compound. When a disclosed compound is used contemporaneously with one or more other drugs, a pharmaceutical composition in unit dosage form containing such drugs and the disclosed compound is preferred. However, the combination therapy can also be administered on overlapping schedules. It is also envisioned that the combination of one or more active ingredients and a disclosed compound will be more efficacious than either as a single agent.

1. Treatment Methods

The compounds disclosed herein are useful for treating, preventing, ameliorating, controlling or reducing the risk of a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction. Thus, provided is a method of treating or preventing a disorder in a subject comprising the step of administering to the subject at least one disclosed compound; at least one disclosed pharmaceutical composition; and/or at least one disclosed product in a dosage and amount effective to treat the disorder in the subject.

Also provided is a method for the treatment of one or more neurological and/or psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction in a subject comprising the step of administering to the subject at least one disclosed compound; at least one disclosed pharmaceutical composition; and/or at least one disclosed product in a dosage and amount effective to treat the disorder in the subject.

Examples of disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction include: acute and chronic neurological and psychiatric disorders such as cerebral deficits subsequent to cardiac bypass surgery and grafting, stroke, cerebral ischemia, spinal cord trauma, head trauma, perinatal hypoxia, cardiac arrest, hypoglycemic neuronal damage, dementia (including AIDS-induced dementia), Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's Chorea, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, ocular damage, retinopathy, cognitive disorders, idiopathic and drug-induced Parkinson's disease, muscular spasms and disorders associated with muscular spasticity including tremors, epilepsy, convulsions, migraine (including migraine headache), urinary incontinence, substance tolerance, addictive behavior, including addiction to substances (including opiates, nicotine, tobacco products, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, sedatives, hypnotics, etc.), withdrawal from such addictive substances (including substances such as opiates, nicotine, tobacco products, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, sedatives, hypnotics, etc.), obesity, psychosis, schizophrenia, anxiety (including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder), mood disorders (including depression, mania, bipolar disorders), trigeminal neuralgia, hearing loss, tinnitus, macular degeneration of the eye, emesis, brain edema, pain (including acute and chronic pain states, severe pain, intractable pain, neuropathic pain, and post-traumatic pain), tardive dyskinesia, sleep disorders (including narcolepsy), attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, diabetes and other metabolic disorders, taste alteration, and cancer.

Anxiety disorders that can be treated or prevented by the compositions disclosed herein include generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder. Addictive behaviors include addiction to substances (including opiates, nicotine, tobacco products, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, sedatives, hypnotics, etc.), withdrawal from such addictive substances (including substances such as opiates, nicotine, tobacco products, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, sedatives, hypnotics, etc.) and substance tolerance.

Thus, in some aspects of the disclosed method, the disorder is dementia, delirium, amnestic disorders, age-related cognitive decline, schizophrenia, psychosis including schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, substance-related disorder, movement disorders, epilepsy, chorea, pain, migraine, diabetes, dystonia, obesity, eating disorders, brain edema, sleep disorder, narcolepsy, anxiety, affective disorder, panic attacks, unipolar depression, bipolar disorder, psychotic depression.

Also provided is a method for treating or prevention anxiety, comprising: administering to a subject at least one disclosed compound; at least one disclosed pharmaceutical composition; and/or at least one disclosed product in a dosage and amount effective to treat the disorder in the subject. At present, the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) (1994, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C.), provides a diagnostic tool, including anxiety and related disorders. These include: panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, agoraphobia without history of panic disorder, specific phobia, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, anxiety disorder due to a general medical condition, substance-induced anxiety disorder and anxiety disorder not otherwise specified.

In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for the treatment of a neurotransmission dysfunction and other disease states associated with mGluR4 activity in a mammal comprising the step of administering to the mammal at least one compound of the present invention in a dosage and amount effective to treat the dysfunction in the mammal. In certain embodiments, the compound has a structure represented by formula:

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.

In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for potentiating mGluR4 activity in a subject comprising the step of administering to the subject at least one compound of the present invention in a dosage and amount effective to treat the dysfunction in the mammal. In certain embodiments, the compound has a structure represented by formula:

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkylheteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is M, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, in a dosage and amount effective to potentiate mGluR4 receptor activity in the subject.

In one aspect, the invention relates to methods of potentiating mGluR4 activity in at least one cell comprising the step of contacting the at least one cell with at least one compound having a structure represented by formula:

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO—R₃. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, in an amount effective to potentiate mGluR4 receptor activity in the at least one cell.

In certain aspects, a subject, for example a mammal or a human, has been diagnosed with the dysfunction prior to the administering step. In further aspects, a disclosed method can further comprise the step of identifying a subject, for example a mammal or a human, having a need for treatment of a dysfunction. In further aspects, a subject, for example a mammal or a human, has been diagnosed with a need for potentiation of mGluR4 receptor activity prior to the administering step. In further aspects, a disclosed method can further comprise the step of identifying a subject, for example a mammal or a human, having a need for potentiation of mGluR4 receptor activity. In further aspects, a cell (e.g., a mammalian cell or a human cell) has been isolated from a subject, for example a mammal or a human, prior to the contacting step. In further aspects, contacting is via administration to a subject, for example a mammal or a human.

In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for potentiating mGluR4 activity in at least one cell comprising the step of contacting the at least one cell with at least one disclosed compound in an amount effective to potentiate mGluR4 receptor activity in the at least one cell.

In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for potentiating mGluR4 activity in a subject comprising the step of administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one disclosed compound in a dosage and amount effective to potentiate mGluR4 receptor activity in the subject.

In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for the treatment of a disorder associated with mGluR4 neurotransmission dysfunction or other disease state in a mammal comprising the step of administering to the mammal at least one disclosed compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the disorder in the mammal.

The disclosed compounds can be used to treat a wide range of neurological and psychiatric disorders and other disease states associated with glutamate dysfunction. Non-limiting examples of these diseases includes movement disorders, including akinesias and akinetic-rigid syndromes (including Parkinson's disease), dystonia, epilepsy, chorea, neurogenerative diseases such as dementia, Huntington's disease. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, pain, migraines, diabetes, obesity and eating disorders, sleep disorders including narcolepsy, and anxiety or affective disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic attacks, unipolar depression, bipolar disorder, psychotic depression, and related disorders, cognitive disorders including dementia (associated with Alzheimer's disease, ischemia, trauma, stroke, HIV disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and other general medical conditions or substance abuse), delirium, amnestic disorders, age-related cognitive decline, schizophrenia or psychosis including schizophrenia (paranoid, disorganized, catatonic or undifferentiated), schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, substance-related disorder, cancer and inflammation (including MS). Of the disorders above, the treatment of Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, cognitive disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, obesity and pain are of particular importance.

In one aspect, the disclosed compounds can be used to treat, or can be a component of a pharmaceutical composition, used to treat movement disorders. As such, disclosed herein in a method for treating a movement disorder, comprising the step of administering to a mammal in need of treatment at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the disorder in the mammal, wherein the disorder is selected from Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, dystonia, Wilson's disease, chorea, ataxia, ballism, akathesia, athetosis, bradykinesia, ridigity, postural instability, inherited ataxias such as Friedreich's ataxia, Machado-Joseph disease, spinocerebellar ataxias, Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders, essential tremor, cerebral palsy, stroke, encephalopathies, and intoxication.

In a further aspect, the disclosed compounds can be used to treat, or can be a component of a pharmaceutical composition used to treat cognitive disorders. As such, disclosed herein in a method for treating a cognitive disorder, comprising the step of administering to a mammal in need of treatment at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the disorder in the mammal, wherein the disorder is selected from dementia (associated with Alzheimer's disease, ischemia, trauma, stroke, HIV disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and other general medical conditions or substance abuse), delirium, amnestic disorders and age-related cognitive decline. The fourth edition (Revised) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) (2000, American Psychiatric Association, Washington D.C.) provides a diagnostic tool for cognitive disorders including dementia (associated with Alzheimer's disease, ischemia, trauma, stroke, HIV disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and other general medical conditions or substance abuse), delirium, amnestic disorders and age-related cognitive decline.

In a further aspect, the disclosed compounds can be used to treat, or can be a component of a pharmaceutical composition used to neurodegenerative disorders. As such, disclosed herein in a method for treating a neurodegenerative disorder, comprising the step of administering to a mammal in need of treatment at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat a neurodegenerative disorder in the mammal.

In a still further aspect, the disclosed compounds provide a method for treating schizophrenia or psychosis. As such, disclosed herein in a method for treating a disorder related to schizophrenia or psychosis, comprising the step of administering to a mammal in need of treatment at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the disorder in the mammal, wherein the disorder related to schizophrenia or psychosis is selected from paranoid, disorganized, catatonic or undifferentiated, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, substance-induced psychotic disorder. The fourth edition (Revised) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) (2000, American Psychiatric Association, Washington D.C.) provides a diagnostic tool for c include paranoid, disorganized, catatonic or undifferentiated, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, substance-induced psychotic disorder.

The subject compounds are further useful in the prevention, treatment, control, amelioration or reduction of risk of the aforementioned diseases, disorders and conditions in combination with other agents, including an mGluR agonist.

2. Coadministration Methods

The disclosed compounds may be used as single agents or in combination with one or more other drugs in the treatment, prevention, control, amelioration or reduction of risk of the aforementioned diseases, disorders and conditions for which compounds of formula I or the other drugs have utility, where the combination of drugs together are safer or more effective than either drug alone. The other drug(s) may be administered by a route and in an amount commonly used therefore, contemporaneously or sequentially with a disclosed compound. When a disclosed compound is used contemporaneously with one or more other drugs, a pharmaceutical composition in unit dosage form containing such drugs and the compound is preferred. However, the combination therapy can also be administered on overlapping schedules. If is also envisioned that the combination of one or more active ingredients and a disclosed compound can be more efficacious than either as a single agent.

In one aspect, the compounds can be coadministered with anti-Alzheimer's agents, beta-secretase inhibitors, gamma-secretase inhibitors, muscarinic agonists, muscarinic potentiators HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, MSAIDs and anti-amyloid antibodies. In a further aspect, the compounds can be administered in combination with sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics, antipsychotics, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), 5-HT2 antagonists, GlyT1 inhibitors and the like such as, but not limited to: risperidone, clozapine, haloperidol, fluoxetine, prazepam, xanomeline, lithium, phenobarbitol, and salts thereof and combinations thereof.

In a further aspect, the subject compound may be used in combination with levodopa (with or without a selective extracerebral decarboxylase inhibitor), anticholinergics such as biperiden, COMT inhibitors such, as entacapone, A2a adenosine antagonists, cholinergic agonists, NMDA receptor antagonists and dopamine agonists.

In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for the treatment of a neurotransmission dysfunction and other disease states associated with mGluR4 activity in a mammal comprising the step of co-administering to the mammal at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the dysfunction in the mammal, the compound having a structure represented by formula:

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof; with a drug having a known side-effect of increasing metabotropic glutamate receptor activity.

In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for the treatment of a neurotransmission dysfunction and other disease states associated with mGluR4 activity in a mammal comprising the step of co-administering to the mammal at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the dysfunction in the mammal, the compound having a structure represented by formula:

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof; with a drug known to treat a disorder associated with increasing metabotropic glutamate receptor activity.

In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for the treatment of a neurotransmission dysfunction and other disease states associated with mGluR4 activity in a mammal comprising the step of co-administering to the mammal at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the dysfunction in the mammal, the compound having a structure represented by formula:

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CM, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkylalkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₅, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof; with a drug known to treat the neurotransmission dysfunction and other disease states.

M. Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Activity

The disclosed compounds and compositions can be evaluated for their ability to act as a potentiator of metabotropic glutamate receptor activity, in particular mGluR4 activity, by any suitable known methodology known in the art. For example, Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells transfected with human mGluR4 or HBK cells co-transfected with rat mGluR4 and the G-protein regulated Inwardly Rectifying Potassium channel (GIRK) were plated in clear bottom assay plates for assay in a Hamamatsu FDSS Fluorometric Plate Reader. The cells were loaded with either a Ca2+-sensitive fluorescent dye or the thallium responsive dye and the plates were washed and placed into a suitable kinetic plate reader. For human mGluR4 assays, a fluorescence baseline was established for 3-5 seconds, the disclosed compounds were then added to the cells, and the response in cells was measured. Approximately two and a half minutes later, a concentration of mGluR4 orthosteric agonist (e.g. glutamate or L-AP4) eliciting approximately 20% (EC20) of the maximal agonist response was added to the cells, and the response was measured. Two minutes later, a concentration of mGluR4 agonist (e.g. glutamate or L-AP4) eliciting 80% (EC80) of the maximal agonist response was added to the cells, and the response was measured. For rat mGluR4/GIRK experiments, a baseline was established for approximately five seconds, disclosed compounds were added, and either an EC20 or EC80 concentration of agonist was added approximately two and one half minutes later. Potentiation of the agonist response of mGluR4 by the disclosed compounds was observed as an increase in response to the EC20 concentration of agonist in the presence of compound compared to the response to agonist in the absence of compound. Similarly, antagonism of the agonist response of mGluR4 by the disclosed compounds was observed as a decrease in response to the EC80 concentration of agonist in the presence of compound compared to the response to agonist in the absence of compound.

The above described assay operated in two modes. In the first mode, a range of concentrations of the disclosed compounds are added to cells, followed by a single fixed concentration of agonist. If the compound acts as a potentiator, an EC₅₀ value for potentiation and a maximum extent of potentiation by the compound at this concentration of agonist is determined by non-linear curve fitting. If the compound acts as a noncompetitive antagonist, an IC₅₀ value is determined by non-linear curve fitting. In the second mode, several fixed concentrations of the disclosed compounds are added to various wells on a plate, followed by a range in concentrations of agonist for each concentration of disclosed compound. The EC₅₀ values for the agonist at each concentration of compound are determined by non-linear curve fitting. A decrease in the EC₅₀ value of the agonist with increasing concentrations of the sample compound (a leftward shift of the agonist concentration-response curve) is an indication of the degree of mGluR4 potentiation at a given concentration of the sample compound. A decrease in the maximal response of the agonist with increasing concentrations of the sample compounds, with or without a rightward shift in agonist potency, is an indication of the degree of noncompetitive antagonism at mGluR4. The second mode also indicates whether the sample compounds also affect the maximum response to mGluR4 to agonists.

In particular, the compounds of the following examples were found to have activity in potentiating the mGluR4 receptor in the aforementioned assays, generally with an EC₅₀ for potentiation of less than about 10 □M. One aspect of the disclosed compounds have activity in potentiating rat and human mGluR4 receptors with an EC₅₀ for potentiation of less than about 500 nM. These compounds further caused a leftward shift of the agonist EC₅₀ by greater than 3-fold. These compounds are positive allosteric modulators (potentiators) of human and rat mGluR4 and were selective for mGluR4 compared to the other seven subtypes of metabotropic glutamate receptors.

N. Manufacture of a Medicament

In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for the manufacture of a medicament for potentiating mGluR4 receptor activity in a mammal comprising combining a compound having a structure represented by formula:

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, R, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Thus, the disclosed compounds and compositions can be further directed to a method for the manufacture of a medicament for potentiating glutamate receptor activity (e.g., treatment of one or more neurological and/or psychiatric disorder and other disease states associated with glutamate dysfunction) in mammals (e.g., humans) comprising combining one or more disclosed compounds, products, or compositions with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.

O. Uses of Compounds

In one aspect, the invention relates to uses of a compound for potentiating mGluR4 receptor activity in a mammal, wherein the compound has a structure represented by formula:

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R3. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₃, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof.

The disclosed uses for potentiating mGluR4 receptor activity in a mammal can further be directed for use in treating one or more disorders, tor example neurological and psychiatric disorders and other disease states associated with glutamate dysfunction (e.g., Parkinson's disease) in a subject, for example a mammal or a human.

P. Kits

In one aspect the invention relates to kits comprising a compound having a structure represented by formula:

wherein the variables are substituted or unsubstituted and:

X is N, alkyl, alkoxy, or CH, CD, and optionally together with Y forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Y is N, alkyl alkoxy, or CH and optionally together with X forms a six membered ring optionally substituted with one or more R;

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN;

R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy;

X₁ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂;

X₃ is N, NH, CH, CD, CR₁;

provided that one of X₁ or X₁ is CH or CR₁;

R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R₃. O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl-O-dioxothian, hydroxyl alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methylsulfonyl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl;

R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-cycloheteroalkyl, alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxy-cycloheteroalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxycycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, cycloheteroalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; cycloheteroalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, SO₂R₃, OR, Oaryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkene, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-cycloheteroalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-cycloheteroalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothian, hydroxyl, methylsulfonyl;

R₃ is H, alkyl alkoxyphenyl pyridine, nitrilepyridine, chloropyridine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, and one or more of a drug having a known side-effect of increasing metabotropic glutamate receptor activity, a drug known to treat a disorder associated with increasing metabotropic glutamate receptor activity, and/or a drug known to treat the neurotransmission dysfunction and other disease states.

In various aspects, the kits can comprise disclosed compounds, compositions, and/or products co-packaged, co-formulated, and/or co-delivered with other components. For example, a drug manufacturer, a drug reseller, a physician, or a pharmacist can provide a kit comprising a disclosed oral dosage forms and another component for delivery to a patient.

In further aspects, the kits can comprise one or more other components (e.g., one or more of a drug having a known side-effect of increasing metabotropic glutamate receptor activity, a drug known to treat a disorder associated with increasing metabotropic glutamate receptor activity, and/or a drug known to treat the neurotransmission dysfunction and other disease states) and instructions for coadministration to a patient with one or more disclosed compounds, compositions, and/or products. For example, a drug manufacturer, a drug reseller, a physician, or a pharmacist can provide a kit comprising one or more other components (e.g., one or more of a drug having a known side-effect of increasing metabotropic glutamate receptor activity, a drug known to treat a disorder associated with increasing metabotropic glutamate receptor activity, and/or a drug known to treat the neurotransmission dysfunction and other disease states) and instructions for coadministration to a patient with one or more disclosed compounds, compositions, and/or products.

Q. Experimental

The following examples are put forth so as to provide those of ordinary skill in the art with a complete disclosure and description of how the compounds, compositions, articles, devices and/or methods claimed herein are made and evaluated, and are intended to be purely exemplary of the invention and are not intended to limit the scope of what the inventors regard as their invention. Efforts have been made to ensure accuracy with respect to numbers (e.g., amounts, temperature, etc.), but some errors and deviations should be accounted for. Unless indicated otherwise, parts are parts by weight, temperature is in ° C. or is at ambient temperature, and pressure is at or near atmospheric.

Several methods for preparing for compounds of this invention are illustrated in the following Examples. Starting materials and the requisite intermediates are in some cases commercially available, or can be prepared according to literature procedures or as illustrated herein. All NMR spectra were recorded on either a Varian Inova 400 (400 MHz) or Varian Inova 500 (500 MHz) spectrophotometer. ¹H chemical shifts are reported in δ values in ppm downfield from Me₄Si as the internal standard in CDCl₃. Data are reported as follows: chemical shift, multiplicity (s=singlet, d=doublet, t=triplet, q=quartet, br=broad, m=multiplet), integration, coupling constant (Hz). ¹³C chemical shifts are reported in δ values in ppm with the CDCl₃ carbon peak set to 77.23 ppm. Low resolution mass spectra were obtained on an HP1100 MSD with electrospray ionization. High resolution mass spectra were recorded on a Bruker Daltonics 3T Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer (FT/ICR) with electrospray ionization. Analytical thin layer chromatography was performed on EM Reagent 0.25 mm silica gel 60-F plates. Analytical HPLC was performed on an HP1100 with UV detection at 214 and 254 nm along with ELSD detection, LC/MS (J-Sphere80-C18, 3.0×50 mm, 4.1 min gradient, 5% [0.05% TFA/CH₃CN]95% [0.05% TFA/H₂O] to 100% [0.05% TFA/CH₃CN]. Preparative purification was performed on a custom HP1100 purification system (reference 16) with collection triggered by mass detection. Solvents for extraction, washing and chromatography were HPLC grade. N-Boc-p-phenylenediamine was purchased from Fluka and 1,2-benzenedisulfonyl dichloride was purchased from TCI America. All other reagents were purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co. and were used without purification.

Methyl 6-[[1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pryazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl]amino]-1-methyl-indazole-3-carboxylate

Tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0) (69.86 mg, 0.07 mmol, 0.05 eq.), XantPhos (39.08 mg, 0.07 mmol, 0.05 eq.), methyl 6-bromo-1-methyl-1H-indazole-3-carboxylate (454.09 mg, 1.69 mmol, 1.25 eq.), 1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-amine (343.29 mg, 1.35 mmol, 1.0 eq.) and cesium carbonate (1.32 g, 4.05 mmol, 3.0 eq.) were charged in a microwave vial. The vial was evacuated and purged with nitrogen (3×) and 1,4-Dioxane (7.5 mL) was added. The reaction mixture was subjected to microwave reactor for 140° C. After 1 h, the reaction mixture was cooled and filtered through a pad of Celite which was washed with EtOAc. Solvents were removed under reduced pressure. The crude mixture was purified using reverse phase (Gilson HPLC, acidic method (ACN/water/0.1% TFA), gradient: 47-76%) Gilson fractions were neutralized with sat. soln. NaHCO₃ and extracted with EtOAc (3×). The combined extracts were washed with brine, dried over Na₂SO₄, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure to provide the title compound as a yellow solid (276 mg, 46% yield). ES−MS [M+1]⁺: 443.2;

6-[[1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl]amino]-1-methyl-indazole-3-carboxylic Acid

To a solution of methyl 6-[[1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl]amino]-1-methyl-indazole-3-carboxylate (275 mg, 0.62 mmol, 1.0 eq) in 1,4-Dioxane (5.0 mL) and methanol (1.0 mL) was added a solution of 1N LiOH (6.22 mL, 6.22 mmol, 10.0 eq.). The reaction mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 45 min. Solvents were removed under reduced pressure. The aqueous layer was adjusted to pH 3-4 with 1M HCl solution. The resulting mixture was extracted with CHCl₃/iPA (3:1, v/v, 3×). The combined extracts were concentrated under reduced pressure. The yellow solid was dried in the vacuum oven at 45° C. for 3 h to provide the title compound as a yellow solid (230 mg, 86.4% yield). ES−MS [M+1]⁺: 429.0;

General Procedure for Amide Formation:

A mixture of (6) (14.86 mg, 0.035 mmol, 1.0 eq.), amine (0.07 mmol. 2.0 eq.) and HATU (19.96 mg, 0.050 mmol, 1.5 eq.) in DMF (1.0 mL) was stirred for 5 min at rt and DIEA (9.55 uL, 0.07 mmol, 2.0 eq.) was added. The reaction mixture was continued to stir at rt for 45 min. Upon completion by LCMS, the reaction mixture was purified using reverse phase Gilson HPLC system with acidic method (ACN/water/0.1% TFA). The Gilson fractions were concentrated. The resulting residue was dissolved in TFA (0.1 M) and heated in a microwave reactor for 30 min at 150° C. Solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified using reverse phase Gilson HPLC system with acidic method (ACN/water/0.1% TFA). The sample was concentrated and submitted as a TFA salt.

General Procedures:

To a white suspension of 4-BROMO-2-FLUOROBENZOIC ACID-(112704-79-7) (1 eq) in DCM (0.3M) was added OXALYL CHLORIDE-(79-37-8) (1.05 eq) and DMF (2-3 drops). The r×n was stirred until a solution formed and no further gas evolution was evident. Methanol (12 eq) was added. After 30 min at rt, the volatiles were removed under reduced pressure and the residue was partitioned between water and DCM. The Organics were washed with saturated NaHCO₃ (aq) and passed through a hydrophobic frit. The solution was concentrated to afford methyl 4-bromo-2-fluoro-benzoate. To methyl 4-bromo-2-fluoro-benzoate (1 eq) in 1-Butanol (0.35M) was added METHYLHYDRAZINE-(60-34-4) (3.7 eq) at rt. The r×n was heated to 170° C. for 40 min in the microwave. The r×n was added to EtOAc:water (1:1) and the organic layer was separated, dried (MgSO₄), filtered and concentrated. The residue was recrystallized from EtOAc/hexanes to yield 6-bromo-1-methyl-2H-indazol-3-one (66% yield over 2 steps). LCMS (90 second method): R_(T)=0.772 min, >98%@215 and 254 nM, m/z=227.0 [M+H]⁺.

To a RBF, was added 6-bromo-1-methyl-2H-indazol-3-one (1 eq), 1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-amine (1 eq), SODIUM TERT-BUTOXIDE-(865-48-5) (2.1 eq), tBuXPhos (0.01 eq), Pd-tBuXPhos (0.01). The r×n was evacuated and purged with Nitrogen (3×), followed by the addition of tert-butanol (0.1M). The heterogeneous r×n was heated to 90° C. and monitored by LCMS. After 24 hrs, the r×n was added to EtOAc:NH₄Cl (aq) (1:1). The organic layer was separated and washed with water (2×), brine and dried (MgSO₄). After filtration, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified by normal phase chromatography (solid loading with Celite, Biotage, 1-10% MeOH/DCM) to afford 6-[[1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl]amino]-1-methyl-indazol-3-ol (69% yield). LCMS (90 second method): R_(T)=0.855 min, >98%@215 and 254 nM, m/z=401.1 [M+H]⁺.

The 6-[[1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl]amino]-1-methyl-indazol-3-ol (1 eq) was dissolved in TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID-(76-05-1) and Toluene (2:1; 0.2M) in a microwave vial and heated to 150° C. for 30 min in a microwave. LCMS confirms product formation. After the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, the residue was dissolved in DMSO, syringe filtered and purified by reverse phase chromatography (Gilson, acidic method 5-45% acetonitrile in 0.1% aq. TFA) to afford 1-methyl-6-(1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-ylamino)-2H-indazol-3-one; 2,2,2-trifluoroacetic acid (81% yield). LCMS (90 second method): R_(T)=0.575 min, >98%@215 and 254 nM, m/z=281.1 [M+H]⁺.

In a microwave vial, to a solution of 1-methyl-6-(1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-ylamino)indazol-3-ol; 2,2,2-trifluoroacetic acid (1 eq) in DMF (0.1M) was added POTASSIUM CARBONATE-(584-08-7) (3eq), followed by alkyl halide (1 eq). After 15 min at 120° C. in the microwave, LCMS confirms product. The r×n was filtered through a syringe filter and purified with Gilson HPLC (5-95% acetonitrile:water with 0.05% NH₄OH) to afford after concentration the desired O-alkylated product (3-38% yield) and N-alkylated product (0-15%).

(6) In a microwave vial, was added 1-(4-methoxybenzyl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-amine (1 eq), 6-bromo-3-cyclopropyl-1-methyl-1H-indazole (1 eq), NaO^(t)Bu (2.1 eq), ^(t)BuXPhos (1 mol %) and ^(t)BuXPhos Palladacycle (1 mol %). The vial was sealed, and evacuated and purged, with Argon (3×). ^(t)BuOH (0.06M) was added and the r×n was heated to 60° C. After 4 h, the r×n was added to EtOAc:NH₄Cl (aq) (1:1). The organic layer was separated and washed with water (2×), brine and dried (MgSO₄). After filtration, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude residue was redissolved in TFA (0.1M) and subjected to microwave irradiation at 150° C. for 20 min. The solvent was removed and the crude residue was purified by reverse phase chromatography (Gilson, 25-90% acetonitrile:water w/0.1% TFA) to afford N-(3-cyclopropyl-1-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-amine.

A mixture of 6-nitro-1H-indazole (1.0 eq) in 1,4-dioxane (0.3M) and NaOH (2M) was stored for 1 h at rt. Iodine crystals (1.25 eq) were added. After 12 h at rt, to the r×n was added 10% citric acid aqueous solution and the mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×). The combined organic layers were washed with NaHCO3 (10% aqueous), brine, dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated. The material was purified by normal phase chromatography (10-60% EtOAc/hexanes) to afford 3-Iodo-6-nitro-1H-indazole. LCMS (90 second method): RT=0.893 min, >98%@215 and 254 nM, m/z=290.0 [M+H]+. In a vial, 3-Iodo-6-nitro-1H-indazole (1 eq), Cs2CO3 (1.5 eq) and DMF were added at rt. After 5 min, MeI (1.2eq) was added. After an additional 24 h at rt, r×n was added to EtOAc/water (1:1). Organic layer was separated, washed with water (2×), brine, dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by normal phase chromatography (Biotage, 0-15% hexanes/EtOAc) to afford 3-Iodo-1-methyl-6-nitro-1H-indazole (46% over 2 steps). LCMS (90 second method): RT=1.003 min, >98%@215 and 254 nM, m/z=304.0 [M+H]+.

In a microwave vial to a suspension of 2 (1.5 eq), lactam (1 eq), TMEDA (5.5 eq) and K2CO3 (2 eq) in toluene (0.12M) was added copper (I) iodide (2eq). The r×n mixture was heated to 120° C. for 16 h. Upon completion, the mixture was cooled and filtered through a syringe filter. The solvents were removed and the crude product was dissolved in DCM. The solution was purified by normal phase chromatography (Biotage, 3-45% EtOAc/hexanes) to afford the compound.

To a solution of the nitro compound (1 eq) in EtOH/EtOAc (1:1; 0.2M) was evacuated and purged with Nitrogen (3×). To the r×n was added Raney-Nickel (˜50 mg) and the atmosphere was evacuated and purged with Nitrogen (3×), followed by evacuation and purging with Hydrogen (3×, 1 atm). After 12 h at rt, the r×n was filtered through a plug of Celite and rinsed thoroughly with MeOH (3×). After the solvent was removed, the material was taken through without further purification.

In a 5 mL microwave vial, was added 3-bromo-1-tetrahydropyran-2-ylpyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridine (1 eq), SODIUM TERT-BUTOXIDE-(865-48-5) (2.1 eq), tBuXPhos (0.01 eq), Pd-tBuXPhos (0.01 eq). The r×n was evacuated and purged with Argon. (3×), followed by the addition of a solution of amine 4 (1 eq) in tert-butanol (0.05M). The heterogenous r×n was heated to 60° C. After 12 h, the r×n was added to EtOAc:NH4Cl (aq) (1:1). The organic layer was separated and washed with water (2×), brine and dried (MgSO4). After filtration, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. LCMS shows the ring opened lactam as a major product. To the crude residue was added MeOH (0.1M) and HCl in dioxane (3 eq, 4M) at rt and the r×n was heated to 65° C. Alter 12 h, desired product was evident via LCMS. Solvent was removed. The crude residue was dissolved in DMSO and purified by reversed-phase HPLC (20-90% acetonitrile:water w/0.1% TFA gradient). After the fractions were collected, the material was neutralized with NaHCO3 (aq):EtOAc. The organic layer was washed with water, brine and dried (MgSO4). Filtered and concentrated to afford desired 5.

To a RBF was added 6-[[1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl]amino]-1-methyl-indazol-3-ol (1 eq), PYRIDINE-(110-86-1) (3 eq) and DCM (0.2M). At 0° C., was added TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ANHYDRIDE-(358-23-6) in DCM (1.0M, 1.5 eq) dropwise. After 2 h at 0° C., TLC shows product (R_(f)=0.9, 100% EtOAc), so DCM:water (1:1) were added to the r×n. Organic layer was separated through a phase separator and the solvent was removed. The crude residue was purified by normal phase chromatography (Biotage, 20-75% EtOAc/hexanes) to afford [6-[[1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl]amino]-1-methyl-indazol-3-yl]trifluoromethanesulfonate (88% yield). LCMS (90 second method): R_(T)=1.288 min, >98% @215 and 254 nM, m/z=533.0 [M+H]⁺.

In a microwave vial, was added boronic acid (1.1 eq), [6-[[1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[(4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl]amino]-1-methyl-indazol-3-yl]trifluoromethanesulfonate (1 eq), Pd(dppf)Cl₂ (0.1 eq). The r×n was evacuated and purged with Nitrogen (3×). To the vial was added a solution Cs₂CO₃ (3 eq) in THF:water (2:1; 0.1M). The reaction was heated to 120° C. for 20 min in the microwave. The r×n was added to EtOAc:water (1:1) and the organic layer was separated, washed with water, brine and concentrated. The crude residue was dissolved in TFA (0.1M) and the solution was heated to 150° C. for 30 min in the microwave. LCMS confirms product. After the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, the residue was dissolved in DMSO, syringe filtered and purified by reverse phase chromatography (Gilson, acidic method 5-75% acetonitrile in 0.1% aq. TFA) to afford the desired compound (13-78% yield).

General Procedures:

In a 5 ml, microwave vial was added 6-bromo-3-methyl-1H-indazole (1 eq), CESIUM CARBONATE-(534-17-8) (2 eq), DMF (0.2M) and allyl halide (1.5 eq). The r×n was heated to 150° C. in the microwave for 25 min. The r×n was added to EtOAc:water (1:1). The organic layer was separated and washed with water (2×), brine and dried (MgSO₄). After filtration, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. Purification on normal phase chromatography (Biotage; 5-30% EtOAc/hexanes) to provide 6-bromo-3-methyl-1-alkyl-indazole (64% yield) and 6-bromo-3-methyl-2-alkyl-indazole (23% yield).

In a microwave vial, was added 1-(4-methoxybenzyl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-amine (1 eq), 6-bromo-3-methyl-1-alkyl-indazole (1 eq), NaO^(t)Bu (2.1 eq), ^(t)BuXPhos (1 mol %) and ^(t)BuXPhos Palladacycle (1 mol %). The vial was sealed and evacuated and purged with Argon (3×). ^(t)BuOH (0.06M) was added and the r×n was heated to 60° C. After 4 h, the r×n was added to EtOAc:NH₄Cl (aq) (1:1). The organic layer was separated and washed with water (2×), brine and dried (MgSO₄). After filtration, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude residue was redissolved in TFA (0.1M) and subjected to microwave irradiation at 150° C. for 20 min. The solvent was removed and the crude residue was purified by reverse phase chromatography (Gilson, 25-90% acetonitrile: water w/0.1% TFA) to afford the desired product.

To a solution of ester (1 eq) in DCM:acetonitrile (9:1; 0.1M) at 0° C. was added MeMgBr (3 eq), dropwise. After 5 min, the ice bath was removed. After an additional 30 min at rt, NH₄Cl (aq) was added and the r×n was stirred for 15 min. The organic layer was separated and concentrated. The crude residue was dissolved in DMSO and purified by reversed-phase HPLC (15-75% acetonitrile:water w/0.1% TFA gradient). After the fractions were collected, the material was neutralized with NaHCO₃ (aq):EtOAc. The organic layer was washed with water, brine and dried (MgSO4). Filtered and concentrated to afford the desired compound. LCMS (90 second method): R_(T)=0.764 min, >98% @215 and 254 nM, m/z=323.1 [M+H]⁺.

2-fluoro-4-((1-(4-methoxybenzyl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)benzonitrile

A vial was charged with 1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-amine (509 mg, 2 mmol), 4-bromo-2-fluorobenzonitrile (400 mg, 2 mmol), Pd-^(t)BuXPhos (13 mg, 0.02 mmol), ^(t)BuXPhos (9 mg, 0.02 mmol), and sodium, tert-butoxide (202 mg, 2.1 mmol). The vial was purged with argon for 2 minutes. Tert-butanol (10 mL) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 15 minutes then at 50° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was allowed to reach rt, then filtered over a pad of silica gel. The solids were washed with 50% methanol:ethyl acetate. The filtrate was concentrated, then purified on silica gel with 50% hexanes:ethyl acetate to provide the title compound as a white solid (493 mg, 66% yield). LCMS: RT=1.147 min; M+H=374.1.

N6-[1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl]-1-methyl-indazole-3,6-diamine

A microwave vial was charged with 2-fluoro-4-((1-(4-methoxybenzyl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)benzonitrile (50 mg, 0.13 mmol), methylhydrazine (62 mg, 1.3 mmol), and ethanol (2 mL). The reaction mixture was heated under microwave irradiation for 1 h at 150° C. The volatiles were removed then the residue was purified by reverse-phase HPLC to provide the title compound as a white solid (45 mg, 84% yield). LCMS: RT=0.834 min; M+H=400.2.

1-methyl-N6-(1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl)indazole-3,6-diamine

A microwave vial was charged with N6-[1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl]-1-methyl-indazole-3,6-diamine (25 mg, 0.06 mmol) and TFA (2 mL). The reaction mixture was heated under microwave irradiation for 2 h at 150° C., The volatiles were removed and the residue was purified by reverse-phase HPLC to provide the title compound as a yellow solid (4 mg, 23% yield). LCMS: RT=0.856 min; M+H=280.0.

2,2,2-trifluoro-N-[1-methyl-6-(1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-ylamino)indazol-3-yl]acetamide

A microwave vial was charged with N6-[1[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-yl]-1-methyl-indazole-3,6-diamine (25 mg, 0.06 mmol) and TFA (2 mL). The reaction mixture was heated under microwave irradiation for 2 h at 150° C. The volatiles were removed and the residue was purified by reverse-phase HPLC to provide the title compound as a yellow solid (8 mg, 36% yield). LCMS; RT=1.126 min; M+H=375.8.

N-(3-bromo-1-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-amine

A vial was charged with 3-bromo-1-methyl-1H-indazol-6-amine (452 mg, 2.0 mmol), 3-bromo-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridine (564 mg, 2.0 mmol), Pd-^(t)BuXPhos (27 mg, 0.04 mmol), ^(t)BuXPhos (17 mg, 0.04 mmol), and sodium tert-butoxide (403 mg, 4.2 mmol). The vial was purged with argon for 2 minutes. Tert-butanol (10 mL) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 15 minutes then at 50° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was allowed to reach rt, then filtered over a pad of silica gel. The filtrate was concentrated and the residue purified on silica gel to provide the title compound (226 mg, 26% yield). LCMS: RT=1.139 min; M+H=427.0.

N-(1-methyl-3-morpholino-1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-amine

A vial was charged with N-(3-bromo-1-methyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)-1-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-amine (60 mg, 0.14 mmol), morpholine (49 mg, 0.56 mmol), Pd-^(t)BuXPhos (2 mg, 0.002 mmol), ^(t)BuXPhos (1 mg, 0.002 mmol), and sodium tert-butoxide (28 mg, 0.3 mmol). The vial was purged with argon for 2 minutes. Tert-butanol (10 mL) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 15 minutes then at 50° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was concentrated then the residue was purified by RP-HPLC to provide an intermediate THP-protected pyrazolopyridine. This intermediate was dissolved in MeOH (1 mL) and conc. HCl (10 drops) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 2 h then concentrated. The residue was purified by RP-HPLC to provide the title compound. LCMS: RT=0.734 min; M+H=350.1.

1-(5-bromo-2-fluoro-3-pyridyl)ethanol

To a solution of 5-bromo-2-fluoro-pyridine-3-carbaldehyde (4.08 g, 20.0 mmol, 1.0 eq.) in THF (91 mL) at −78° C. was added dropwise a solution of methylmagnesium bromide (3M in diethyl ether, 10.0 mL, 30 mmol, 1.5 eq.). The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to rt and stirred overnight. A saturated solution of NH₄Cl (130.0 mL) was added. The mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×). The combined extracts were washed with brine, dried over Na₂SO₄, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified flash column chromatography (0-50% EtOAc/hexanes) to afford the title compound as a pale yellow oil (3.89 g, 88.4% yield). ES−MS [M+1]⁺: 220.0; ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ8.16 (dd, J=3.7 Hz, 1H), 8.10 (ddd, J=0.6, 2.5, 8.3 Hz, 1H), 5.12 (q, J=6.4 Hz, 1H), 1.53 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 3H).

1-(5-bromo-2-fluoro-3-pyridyl)ethanone

To a solution of the above compound (3.15 g, 14.32 mmol, 1.0 eq.) in DCM (95.5 mL) and MeCN (9.5 mL) was added 4-methylmorpholine N-oxide (6.71 g, 57.26 mmol, 4.0 eq.) followed by tetrapropylammonium perruthenate (251.54 mg, 0.72 mmol, 0.5 eq.). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt until completion by TLC. The mixture was filtered through a pad of Celite which was washed with DCM. Solvents were removed under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified using flash chromatography (0-30% EtOAc/hexanes) to provide the title compound (2) as a white crystalline solid (2.19 g, 70.2% yield). TLC (25% EtOAc/hexanes): Rf=0.58; ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ8.46-8.43 (m, 2H), 2.70 (d, J=4.7 Hz, 3H).

5-bromo-1,3-dimethyl-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine

A solution of the above compound (160.0 mg, 0.73 mmol, 1.0 eq.) and methylhydrazine (193.2 uL, 3.67 mmol, 3.0 eq.) in 1-butanol (2.5 mL) was heated to 150° C. in a microwave reactor for 45 min. The reaction mixture was cooled to rt and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified using flash chromatography (0-40% EtOAc/hexanes) to provide the title compound (3) as a pale yellow solid (1.50 mg, 90.4% yield). ES−MS [M+1]⁺: 228.2.

N-(1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-amine

1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-amine (12.71 mg, 0.05 mmol, 1.0 eq.), (3) (33.91 mg, 0.15 mmol, 1.5 eq.), ^(t)BuXPhos (1 mol %), ^(t)BuXPhos Palladacycle (1 mol %), NaO^(t)Bu (14.42 mg, 0.15 mmol, 1.5 eq), were charged into a microwave vial which was evacuated and back-filled with Argon (3×) then purged with a stream of Argon for 10 min. The reaction mixture was heated to 90° C. After 45 min, the reaction was cooled to rt and partitioned between NH4Cl and EtOAc (1:1 v/v). The organic layer was separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (3×). The combined extracts were washed with water (2×), brine and dried (Na₂SO₄), filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure.

The crude residue was redissolved in TFA (0.1M) and subjected to microwave reactor at 150° C. for 30 min. The solvent was removed and the crude residue was purified by reverse phase chromatography (Gilson HPLC, 11-43% acetonitrile:water w/0.1% TFA). Gilson fractions were neutralized with sat. soln NaHCO₃ and extracted with EtOAc (3×). The combined extracts were washed with water, brine, dried over Na₂SO₄, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure to provide the title compound as a pale yellow solid (14.6 mg, 52% yield), ES−MS [M+1]⁺: 280.2;

Sodium thiomethoxide (285 mg, 4.07 mmol) was added to a solution of 4-bromo-2-nitrobenzylbromide (1 g, 3.39 mmol) in THF (20 mL). The r×n was healed to 50° C. for 16 h and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was suspended in CHCl₃ (50 mL) and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated to afford (4-bromo-2-nitrobenzyl)(methyl)sulfane.

A solution of (4-bromo-2-nitrobenzyl)(methyl)sulfane (0.89 g, 3.39 mmol) in McCN (40 mL) was slowly added to a mixture of OXONE (14 g, 22.77 mmol) in water (32 mL). After 16 h at room temperature, the r×n was partitioned between EtOAc:water (1:1, 200 mL). The aqueous waste was extracted with EtOAc (2×200 mL). The organic layer was washed with water (2×100 mL) and brine (50 mL). Solvent was removed under reduced pressure to yield 4-bromo-1-(methylsulfonylmethyl)-2-nitro-benzene.

Stannous chloride (2.89 g, 15.26 mmol) was added to a solution of 4-bromo-1-(methylsulfonylmethyl)-2-nitro-benzene in ethanol (30 mL). In a nitrogen environment, the r×n was heated to 50° C. for 30 min. The solution changed from a cloudy suspension to a clear homogeneous solution. Solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was suspended in DCM (400 mL) and 2M NaOH solution (60 mL). The solution was shaken vigorously, and DCM solution was collected as filtrate through a hydrophobic filter. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to yield 5-bromo-2-(methylsulfonylmethyl)aniline (377.5 mg, 1.43 mmol, 56.2% yield).

To a mixture of 5-bromo-2-(methylsulfonylmethyl)aniline (260 mg, 1.12 mmol) in CHCl₃ (8 mL) was added potassium acetate (110 mg, 1.12 mmol) and acetic anhydride (0.2 mL, 2.06 mmol). The r×n was refluxed under a nitrogen environment for 16 h. To the r×n was added 18-crown-6 (260 mg, 0.980 mmol) and ^(t)butyl nitrite (0.35 mL, 2.94 mmol). After being refluxed for 72 h, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. Fractions were separated via automated silica column chromatography (Biotage Isolera One) in a gradient of EtOAc (20-60%) in hexanes. Fractions were concentrated in an air concentrator to yield 6-bromo-3-(methylsulfonyl)-1H-indazole (111 mg, 0.400 mmol, 41.0% yield).

To a solution of 6-bromo-3-(methylsulfonyl)-1H-indazole (111 mg, 0.403 mmol) and cesium carbonate (293 mg, 0,810 mmol) in DMF (3 mL) was added iodomethane (0.04 mL, 0.610 mmol). After 30 min at 100° C., the r×n was cooled to rt and added to a mixture of water:EtOAc (3:1, 20 mL) and saturated NH₄Cl(aq) (3 mL). The organic layer was washed with water (15 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (5×25 mL). Organic extractions were combined, and solvent was removed under reduced pressure to yield 6-bromo-1-methyl-3-methylsulfonyl-indazole (116 mg, 0.400 mmol, 99.4% yield).

To a r×n vial was added 6-bromo-1-methyl-3-methylsulfonyl-indazole (30 mg, 0.100 mmol), _(t)BuONa (24 mg, 0.250 mmol), 1-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridine-3-amine (29 mg, 0.114 mmol), _(t)butylXPhos (0.44 mg, 0.001 mmol), and _(t)butylXPhos-palladacycle (0.71 mg, 0.001 mmol). The r×n vial was purged and backfilled with nitrogen 3×. To the r×n was added _(t)BuOH (1 mL). After 30 min at 60° C., the r×n was added to a mixture of water:EtOAc (1:1, 20 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (5×50 mL). Organic layers were washed with water (2×20 mL) and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in TFA (2 mL) and transferred to a microwave vial, and the solution was heated to 150° C. for 15 min in MW. Solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and residue was dissolved in DMSO. Fractions were separated by reverse phase HPLC in a gradient of MeCN (20-60%) in water (0.1% TFA). Fractions were combined and added to a mixture of water:EtOAc (1:1, 20 mL) and saturated NaHCO₃(aq) (1 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (3×30 mL) and the organic layers were washed with water (1×10 mL). Organic layers were combined, and solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in DCM:MeOH (5:1, 2.5 mL) and filtered through a hydrophobic filter. Filtrate was collected and concentrated in an air concentrator to yield N-(1-methyl-3-(methylsulfonyl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin-3-amine (11.3 mg, 0.030 mmol, 31.8% yield) as a yellow-green solid.

Ex- ample Structure Name LCMS Scheme 1

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.786 min, M + H = 305.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm″; 1H NMR (d- DMSO): >95% III 2

N-(4-chloro-1-methyl- 1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.821 min, M + H = 299.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 3

N-(4-chloro-2-methyl- 2H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.739 min, M + H = 299.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 4

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 0.851 min, M + H = 306.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm″; 1H NMR (d- DMSO): >95% III 5

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-5-fluoro-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.911 min, M + H = 323.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm III 6

N-(4-chloro-1-methyl- 1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.838 min, M + H = 299.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 7

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-5-fluoro-1H-indazol- 3-amine Rt = 0.972 min, M + H = 322.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm III 8

N-(4-chloro-1-methyl- 1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 0.874 min, M + H = 300.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 9

N-(4-chloro-1-methyl- 1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- indazol-3-amine Rt = 0.985 min, M + H = 298.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 10

N-(4-chloro-2-methyl- 2H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 0.793 min, M + H = 300.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 11

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-6-fluoro-1H-indazol- 3-amine Rt = 0.974 min, M + H = 322.1; >92% @ 215 and >96% @ 254 nm III 12

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-indazol-3-amine Rt = 0.944 min, M + H = 304.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm III 13

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.818 min, M + H = 305.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm″; 1H NMR (d- DMSO): >95% III 14

3-cyclopropyl-N-(5,5- difluoro-4,5,6,7- tetrahydro-1H-indazol- 3-yl)-1-methyl-1H- indazol-6-amine 254 nm: 100%; RT: 0.882; M + H: 344.2 III 15

N-(1,3-dimethyl-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.652 min, M + H = 279.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm III 16

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- isopropyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.889 min, M + H = 333.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 17

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- isopropyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 0.934 min, M + H = 334.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 18

N-(1-isopropyl-3- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 0.830 min, M + H = 308.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 19

N-(1-isopropyl-3- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-indazol-3-amine Rt = 0.920 min, M + H = 306.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 20

1-isopropyl-3-methyl-N- (4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H- indazol-3-yl)-1H- indazol-6-amine Rt = 0.863 min, M + H = 310.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 21

1-(6-((1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)-1- methyl-1H-indazol-3- yl)ethan-1-one Rt = 0.770 min, M + H = 307.1; >98% @ 254 nm X 22

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- (methyl-d3)-1H-indazol- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 0.854 min, M + H = 309.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 23

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- (methyl-d3)-1H-indazol- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.812 min, M + H = 308.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 24

N-(3-ethyl-1-methyl- 1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.745 min, M + H = 293.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 25

N-(6-((1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)-1- methyl-1H-indazol-3- yl)-2,2,2- trifluoroacetamide 254 nm: >95%; RT: 0.765; M + H: 376.1 VIII 26

N-(1H-indazol-3-yl)-1- ((5-methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 6-amine Rt = 0.806 min, m + H = 346.1, >98%@215and 254 nm VI 27

1-(cyclobutylmethyl)-N- (1H-indazol-3-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 6-amine Rt = 0.886 min, m + H = 319.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 28

N-(1-methyl-3-(1- methylcyclopropyl)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.882 min, M + H = 319.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 29

N-(1-methyl-3-(1- methylcyclopropyl)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 0.918 min, M + H = 320.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 30

N-(1-methyl-3-(1- methylcyclopropyl)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.881 min, M + H = 319.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 31

N-(3-chloro-1-methyl- 1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.844 min, m + H = 299.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 32

N-(1-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-1H-indazol- 4-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.785 min, m + H = 346.1, >95%@215 and 254 nm VI 33

N-(1-methyl-1H- indazol-4-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.700 min, m + H = 265.1, >98%@216 and 254 nm VI 34

N-(1- (cyclobutylmethyl)-1H- indazol-4-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.940 min, m + H = 319.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm: 1H NMR: (d- DMSO) >90% VI 35

N-(1-methyl-3- morpholino-1H-indazol- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine 254 nm: >95%; RT: 0.734; M + H: 350.1 IX 36

N-(6-((1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)-1- methyl-1H-indazol-3- yl)-4-isobutylpyrrolidin- 2-one Rt = 0.996 min, M + H = 404.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm IV 37

6-((1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)-1- methyl-1H-indazol-3-ol Rt = 0.170 min, M + H = 281.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 38

methyl 4-((6-((1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-yl)amino)-1-methyl- 1H-indazol-3- yl)amino)butanoate Rt = 0.739 min, M + H = 380.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm IV 39

1-(6-((1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)-1- methyl-1H-indazol-3- yl)-4-cyclopropyl-4- methylpyrrolidin-2-one Rt = 0.923 min, M + H = 402.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm IV 40

N-(1-methyl-3-(3,3,3- trifluoroprop-1-en-2-yl)- 1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine 254 nm: >95%; RT: 1.004; M + H: 358.8 V 41

1-(6-((1H-indazol-3- yl)amino)-1-methyl-1H- indazol-3-yl)-4- cyclopropyl-4- methylpyrrolidin-2-one Rt = 1.048 min, M + H = 401.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm IV 42

1-(6-((1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)-1- methyl-1H-indazol-3- yl)-5-methylpyrrolidin- 2-one Rt = 0.710 min, M + H = 362.2; >95% @ 215 and 254 nm IV 43

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- (methyl-d3)-1H-indazol- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.832 min, m + H = 308.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm (low absorbance at 215 nm) X 44

N-(3-isopropoxy-1- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.926 min, M + H = 323.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 45

N-(1-methyl-3-((3- methylisoxazol-5- yl)methoxy)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.872 min, M + H = 376.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 46

N-(1-methyl-3-(1,1,1- trifluoropropan-2-yl)- 1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine 254 nm: >95%; RT: 0.929; M + H: 361.1 V 47

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-5-methoxy-1H- indazol-3-amine Rt = 0.957 min, m + H = 334.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm III 48

N-(1-methyl-3-(2- methylbenzyl)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.959 min, M + H = 369.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm III 49

N-(1-methyl-3-(2- methylbenzyl)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 1.018 min, M + H = 370.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm″: 1H NMR (CD3OD): >95% III 50

N-(1,4-dimethyl-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.751 min, m + H = 279.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm III 51

N-(1,4-dimethyl-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.761 min, m + H = 280.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm III 52

N-(4-methoxy-1-methyl- 1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.792 min, m + H = 295.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm; 1H NMR: (d- DMSO) >95% III 53

N-(4-methoxy-1-methyl- 1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 0.754 min, m + H = 296.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm III 54

2-(6-((1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)-1- methyl-1H-indazol-3- yl)propan-2-ol Rt = 0.764 min, M + H = 323.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VII 55

N-(1-methyl-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.544 min, m + H = 265.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 56

N-(2-methyl-2H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.156 min, M + H = 265.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 57

1-methyl-N-(4,5,6,7- tetrahydro-1H-indazol- 3-yl)-1H-indazol-5- amine Rt = 0.730 min, M + H = 268.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 58

N-(7-chloro-1- isopropyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.968 min, M + H = 327.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 59

N-(2-isopropyl-3- methyl-2H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.724 min, M + H = 307.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 60

N-(7-chloro-1- isopropyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 1.009 min, M + H = 328.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 61

N-(1-isopropyl-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.782 min, M + H = 307.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 62

N-(7-chloro-2- isopropyl-2H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.823 min, M + H = 327.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 63

N-(7-chloro-1-methyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.811 min, m + H = 299.1, >97%@215 and 254 nm VI 64

N-(7-chloro-1- (cyclobutylmethyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 1.095 min, m + H = 354.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 65

N-(7-chloro-1- (cyclobutylmethyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 1.051 min, m + H = 353.1, >97%@215 and 254 nm VI 66

N-(7-chloro-2- (cyclobutylmethyl)-2H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.930 min, m + H = 353.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 67

7-chloro-1-methyl-N- (4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H- indazol-3-yl)-1H- indazol-5-amine Rt = 0.839 min, m + H = 302.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 68

N-(2-cyclopentyl-3- methyl-2H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.759 min, M + H = 333.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 69

N-(3-methyl-1-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-1H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 0.841 min, M + H = 361.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 70

N-(3-methyl-2-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-2H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.727 min, M + H = 360.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 71

N-(1- (cyclobutylmethyl)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-indazol-3-amine Rt = 1.039 min, M + H = 332.2; >92% @ 215 and >98% @ 254 nm VI 72

N-(1- (cyclobutylmethyl)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.912 min, M + H = 333.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 73

N-(1- (cyclobutylmethyl)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 0.966 min, M + H = 334.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 74

N-(1-cyclopentyl-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.934 min, M + H = 333.2; >91% @ 215 and >94% @ 254 nm VI 75

N-(1- (cyclobutylmethyl)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.909 min, M + H = 333.2; >97% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 76

N-(3-methyl-1-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-1H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.780 min, M + H = 360.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 77

N-(3-methyl-1-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-1H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.775 min, M + H = 360.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 78

N-(3-methyl-1-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-1H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-indazol-3- amine Rt = 0.933 min, M + H = 359.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 79

N-(3-methyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.134 min, M + H = 265.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 80

N-(1- (cyclobutylmethyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.902 min, m + H = 319.2, >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 81

1-(cyclobutylmethyl)-N- (4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H- indazol-3-yl)-1H- indazol-5-amine Rt = 0.908 min, m + H = 322.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 82

N-(7-chloro-1-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-1H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.871 min, m + H = 380.1, >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 83

N-(2-methyl)-2H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 0.587 min, m + H = 266.2, >92%@215 and 254 nm VI 84

N-(1-methyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 0.718 min, m + H = 266.1, >98%@254 nm VI 85

N-(1- (cyclobutylmethyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 0.956 min, m + H = 320.2, >95%@254 nm VI 86

N-(1- (cyclobutylmethyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- indazol-3-amine Rt = 1.028 min, m + H = 318.2, >97%@215 and 254 nm VI 87

N-(2- (cyclobutylmethyl)-2H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 0.852 min, m + H = 320.2, >90%@215 and 254 nm VI 88

N-(1H-indazol-5-yl)- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.517 min, m + H = 251.1, >95%@215 and 254 nm VI 89

N-(2- (cyclobutylmethyl)-2H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.796 min, m + H = 319.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 90

N-(3-methyl-1- (piperidin-4-yl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.617 min, M + H = 348.2; >97% @ 215 and >98% @ 254 nm VI 91

N-(3-methyl)-1-pentyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.963 min, M + H = 335.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 92

N-(1-(benzo[d]isoxazol- 3-ylmethyl)-3-methyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.912 min, M + H = 396.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 93

N-(3-methyl-1-(p-tolyl)- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 1.015, M + H = 355.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 94

2-(5-((1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-1- yl)ethan-1-ol Rt = 0.630 min, M + H = 309.2; >93% @ 215 and >92% @ 254 nm VI 95

N-(3-methyl-1-pentyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 1.018 min, M + H = 336.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 96

N-(1-(methyl-d3)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.651 min, m + H = 268.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 97

N-(1-(tert-butyl)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.900 min, M + H = 321.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 98

N-(2-(tert-butyl)-3- methyl-2H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.722 min, M + H = 321.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 99

N-(1,3-dimethyl-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 0.752 min, m + H = 280.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 100

N-(1-((3-cyclopropyl- 4,5-dihydroisoxazol-5- yl)methyl)-3-methyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.771 min, m + H = 388.1, >95%@215 and 254 nm VI 101

N-(2,3-dimethyl-2H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.114 min, m + H = 279.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 102

N-(1-(sec-butyl)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.867 min, m + H = 321.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 103

N-(1-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-1H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.774 min, m + H = 346.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 104

N-(1-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-1H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 0.808 min, m + H = 347.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 105

N-(2-(sec-butyl)-3- methyl-2H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.735 min, m + H = 321.2, >95%@215 and 254 nm VI 106

N-(1- (cyclopentylmethyl)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.969 min, m + H = 347.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 107

N-(1-cyclobutyl-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.874 min, m + H = 319.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 108

N-(1,3-dimethyl-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.582 min, m + H = 279.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 109

N-(1-allyl-3-methyl-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.794 min, m + H = 305.1, >95%@215 and 254 nm VI 110

N-(1-methyl-3- (trifluoromethyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.886 min, m + H = 333.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 111

N-(1- (cyclopropylmethyl)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.827 min, m + H = 319.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 112

N-(1-isobutyl-3-methyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.884 min, m + H = 321.2, >95%@215 and 254 nm VI 113

N-(3-methyl-1-propyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.812 min, m + H = 307.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 114

N-(1-butyl-3-methyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.891 min, m + H = 321.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 115

N-(1-((3-(3- fluoropyridin-2-yl)-4,5- dihydroisoxazol-5- yl)methyl)-3-methyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.808 min, m + H = 443.1, 90%@215 and 254 nm VI 116

N-(3-methyl-1-(2,2,2- trifluoroethyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.782 min, M + H = 347.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 117

N-(3-methyl-1- (tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4- yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.713 min, M + H = 349.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 118

methyl 2-(5-((1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-yl)amino)-3-methyl- 1H-indazol-1-yl)acetate Rt = 0.685 min, M + H = 337.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 119

N-(3-methyl-1- neopentyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.949 min, M + H = 335.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 120

N-(1-((3-isopropyl-4,5- dihydroisoxazol-5- yl)methyl)-3-methyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.816 min, m + H = 390.2, >95%@215 and 254 nm VI 121

N-(3-methyl-1-((3- methyl-4,5- dihydroisoxazol-5- yl)methyl)-1H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.713 min, m + H = 362.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 122

N-(3-methyl-1-(2- methylallyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.858 min, m + H = 319.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm; 1H NMR: (CDCl3) >95% VI 123

N-(3-methyl-1-(methyl- d3)-1H-indazol-5-yl)- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.657 min, m + H = 282.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 124

N-(1-(ethyl-1,1-d2)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.759 min, m + H = 295.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 125

N-(3-methyl-1- (quinolin-2-ylmethyl)- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.796 min, m + H = 406.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 126

N-(3-methyl-1-((3- methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol- 5-yl)methyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.695 min, m + H = 361.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 127

N-(1-(ethyl-1,1-d2)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 0.804 min, m + H = 296.2, >93%@215 and 254 nm VI 128

N-(3-methyl-1-(2- methylallyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 0.898 min, m + H = 320.2, >94%@215 and 254 nm VI 129

N-(3-methyl-1-((5- methyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol- 2-yl)methyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.678 min, m + H = 361.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 130

N-(3-methyl-1-((3- methylisoxazol-5- yl)methyl)-1H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.769 min, m + H = 360.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 131

N-(3-methyl-1-propyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine Rt = 0.869 min, m + H = 308.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 132

N-(3-methyl-1-(2- morpholinoethyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.614 min, m + H = 378.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 133

N-(1-(2-methoxyethyl)- 3-methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.721 min, m + H = 323.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 134

N-(1-(3-chlorobutyl)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.920 min, m + H = 355.1, >95%@215 and 254 nm VI 135

2-(5-((1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-1- yl)acetic acid Rt = 0.641 min, M + H = 323.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 136

N-(1-(2,2- difluorobutyl)-3-methyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.896 min, M + H = 357.1; >97% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 137

N-(1-(2,2- difluorobutyl)-3-methyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.891 min, M + H = 357.1; >95% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 138

1-(5-((1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-yl)amino)- 3-methyl-1H-indazol-1- yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethan- 1-one Rt = 0.832 min, M + H = 362.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 139

N-(1-(2,2- difluoropropyl)-3- methyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.819 min, M = H = 343.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 140

N-(3-chloro-1H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.706 min, m + H = 285.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 141

N-(3-chloro-1-ethyl-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine Rt = 0.856 min, m + H = 313.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 142

N-(1- (cyclobutylmethyl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.735 min, m + H = 320.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 143

N-(1-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 0.121 min, m + H = 348.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 144

N-(2-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-2H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.608 min, m + H = 347.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 145

N-(2-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-2H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 0.117 min, m + H = 348.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 146

N-(1-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.610 min, m + H = 347.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 147

N-(1-methyl-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.476 min, m + H = 266.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 148

N-(1-methyl-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 0.102 min, m + H = 267.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 149

N-(1- (cyclobutylmethyl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 0.777 min, m + H = 321.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 150

1-(cyclobutylmethyl)-N- (4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H- indazol-3-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 6-amine Rt = 0.842 min, m + H = 323.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 151

N-(1-methyl-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.577 min, M + H = 266.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 152

N-(1-isopropyl-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine Rt = 0.752 min, M + H = 294.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 153

N-(1-isopropyl-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine Rt = 0.805 min, M + H = 295.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 154

1-isopentyl-3-methyl-N- (1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- yl)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.918 min, M + H = 336.4, >98% at 215 nm and 254 nm X 155

3-methyl-1-[(2S)-2- methylbutyl]-N-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-yl)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.906 min, M + H = 336.4, >98% at 215 nm and 254 nm X 156

1-(cyclobutylmethyl)-3- methyl-N-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-yl)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.869 min, M + H = 334.4.2, >98% at 215 nm and 254 nm X 157

1-(cyclobutylmethyl)-3- methyl-N-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-yl)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.869 min, M + H = 334.4.2, >98% at 215 nm and 254 nm X 158

1-cyclobutyl-3-methyl- N-(1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- yl)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.817 min, M + H = 320.4: >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 159

1-methyl-N-(2- methylsulfonylethyl)-6- (1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- ylamino)indazole-3- carboxamide LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.624 min. M + H = 414.2, >98% at 215 and 254 nm I 160

(3,3-difluoro-1- piperidyl)-[1-methyl-6- (1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- ylamino)indazol-3- yl]methanone LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.814 min, M + H = 414.3, >98% at 215 and 254 nm I 161

1-[1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazole-3- carbonyl]piperidine-4- carboxamide LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.586 min, M + H = 419.2, >98% at 215 and 254 nm I 162

(4,4-difluoro-1- piperidyl)-[1-methyl-6- (1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- ylamino)indazol-3- yl]methanone LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.835 min, M + H = 412.3, >98% at 215 nm I 163

(3-fluoro-1-piperidyl)- [1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazol-3- yl]methanone LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.756 min, M + H = 394.2, >97% at 215 and 254 nm I 164

(4-fluoro-1-piperidyl)- [1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazol-3- yl]methanone LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.766 min, M + H = 394.3, >97% at 215 nm I 165

(1,1-dioxo-1,4- thiazinan-4-yl)-[1- methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazol-3- yl]methanone LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.652 min, M + H = 426.2, >95% at 215 nm; 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): verified, >95% I 166

(4-methylpiperazin-1- yl)-[1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazol-3- yl]methanone LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.531 min, M + H = 391.3, >98% at 215 nm I 167

[1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazol-3-yl]- morpholino-methanone LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.666 min, M + H = 378.3, >98% at 215 nm I 168

[(3R)-3- fluoropyrrolidin-1-yl]- [1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazol-3- yl]methanone LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.742 min, M + H = 380.3, >92% at 215 and > 95% at 254 nm I 169

1-methyl-N-(3- methylsulfonylpropyl)- 6-(1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- ylamino)indazole-3- carboxamide LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.632 min, M + H = 428.2, >98% at 215 and 254 nm I 170

[1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazol-3-yl]- (3- methylsulfonylpyrrolidin- 1-yl)methanone LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.647 min, M + H = 440.3, >92% at 215 nm I 171

[(3S)-3-fluoropyrrolidin- 1-yl]-[1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazol-3- yl]methanone LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.741 min, M + H = 380.3, >92% at 215 nm I 172

(3,3-difluoropyrrolidin- 1-yl)-[1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazol-3- yl]methanone LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.833 min, M + H = 398.3.2, >92% at 215 nm; 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): verified, >92% I 173

[1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazol-3-yl]- pyrrolidin-1-yl- methanone LCMS: Rt = 0.769 min, M + H = 362.3; >96% @ 215 and >98% @ 254 nm I 174

N-(3,3- difluorocyclobutyl-1- methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazole-3- carboxamide LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.813 min, M + H = 398.2, >97% at 215 I 175

N-(3-fluorocyclobutyl)- 1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazole-3- carboxamide LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.762 min, M + H = 380.3, >98% at 215 nm I 176

N-cyclobutyl-1-methyl- 6-(1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- ylamino)indazole-3- carboxamide LCMS (90 second Method): RT = 0.811 min, M + H = 362.3, >95% at 215 nm and 254 nm I 177

1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazole-3- carbonitrile LCMS: Rt = 0.766 min, M + H = 290.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm V 178

N-(1-methyl-3-(5- methylpyridin-3-yl)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.732 min, M + H = 356.2 V 179

5-[1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)indazol-3-yl]- 1H-pyridin-2-one LCMS: Rt = 0.717 min, M + H = 358.1 V 180

N-[3-(6-methoxy-3- pyridyl)-1-methyl- indazol-6-yl]-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.869 min, M + H = 372.1 V 181

N-(1-methyl-3- ((tetrahydro-2H-pyran- 2-yl)methoxy)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.821 min, M + H = 377.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 182

N-(1-methyl-3-(2,2,2- trifluoroethoxy)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.962 min, M + H = 363.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 183

N-(1-methyl-3-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methoxy)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.878 min, M + H = 376.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 184

N-(1-methyl-3-(pyridin- 3-ylmethoxy)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.648 min, M + H = 372.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 185

N-(3- (cyclopropylmethoxy)- 1-methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.915 min, M + H = 335.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 186

N-(1-methyl-3- (methylsulfonyl)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.648 min, M + H = 343.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm XI 187

N-(1-methyl-3- (methylsulfonyl)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.686 min, M + H = 344.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm XI 188

N-[3-[(2,2- difluorocyclopropyl)meth- oxy]-1-methyl-indazol- 6-yl]-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: 0.878 min, M + H = 371.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 189

N-[1-methyl-3-[(1- methyl-4- piperidyl)oxy]indazol-6- yl]-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.593 min, M + H = 378.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 190

N-[1-methyl-3-[(3- methyloxetan-3- yl)methoxy]indazol-6- yl]-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.698 min, M + H = 366.0; >99% pure II 191

N-[3-(3- methoxypropoxy)-1- methyl-indazol-6-yl]- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.795 min, M + H = 353.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 192

N-[3-(1,1-dioxothian-4- yl)oxy-1-methyl- indazol-6-yl]-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.728 min, M + H = 413.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 193

N-(1-methyl-3- tetrahydrofuran-3-yloxy- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.745 min, M + H = 351.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 194

N-[1-methyl-3-[(3- methyloxetan-3- yl)methoxy]indazol-6- yl]-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.787 min, M + H = 365.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 195

N-[1-methyl-3-(oxetan- 3-ylmethoxy)indazol-6- yl]-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.755 min, M + H = 351.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 196

3-isopropoxy-1-methyl- N-(1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- yl)pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.752, M + H = 324.7; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 197

1-methyl-6-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-ol LCMS: Rt = 0.582 min, M + H = 282.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 198

3-cyclopropyl-N-(5- fluoro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-3-yl)-1- methyl-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-6-amine LCMS: RT = 0.762 min, m + H = 324.4, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 199

3-cyclopropyl-1-methyl- N-(1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-3- yl)pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-6-amine LCMS: RT = 0.667 min, m + H = 306.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 200

3-cyclopropyl-N-(1H- indazol-3-yl)-1-methyl- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 6-amine LCMS: RT = 0.775 min, m + H = 305.2, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 201

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- methyl-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine LCMS: RT = 0.691 min, m + H = 307.4, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 202

3-cyclopropyl-N-(6- fluoro-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)-1- methyl-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-6-amine LCMS: RT = 0.781 min, m + H = 324.0, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 203

3-cyclopropyl-1-methyl- N-(1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- yl)pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-6-amine LCMS: RT = 0.726 min, m + H = 306.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 204

4-chloro-1-methyl-6- (1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- ylamino)indazol-3-ol LCMS at 215 nm RT = 0.630, M + 1 = 315.2 II 205

N-(4-chloro-3-methoxy- 1-methyl-indazol-6-yl)- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS at 215 nm RT = 0.874 min, M + 1 = 329.0 II 206

2-[4-chloro-1-methyl-6- (1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- ylamino)indazol-3- yl]oxypyridine-3- carbonitrile LCMS at 215 nm RT = 0.883, M + 1 = 416.9 II 207

6-[4-chloro-1-methyl-6- (1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- ylamino)indazol-3- yl]oxypyridine-3- carbonitrile LCMS at 215 nm RT = 0.919 min, M + 1 = 416.9 II 208

N-[4-chloro-1-methyl-3- (tetrahydropyran-2- ylmethoxy)indazol-6- yl]-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS at 215 nm RT = 0.999 min, M + 1 = 413.0 II 209

N-[4-chloro-1-methyl-3- (2- morpholinoethoxy) indazol-6-yl]-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS at 215 nm RT = 0.661 min, M + 1 = 428.0 II 210

N-[4-chloro-3-(2- methoxyethoxy)-1- methyl-indazol-6-yl]- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS at 215 nm RT = 0.870 min, M + 1 = 373.0 II 211

N-[4-chloro-1-methyl-3- (oxetan-3- yloxy)indazol-6-yl]-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS at 215 μm RT = 0.863 min, M + 1 = 371.0 II 212

6-fluoro-N-(1-methyl-3- methylsulfonyl-indazol- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS at 215 nm RT = 0.752 min, M + 1 = 361.0 XI 213

N-(1-methyl-3- methylsulfonyl-indazol- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.686 min, M + H = 344.0, >98%@215 and 254 nm XI 214

N-(1-methyl-3- methylsulfonyl-indazol- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.647 min, M + H = 343.0, >98%@215 and 254 nm XI 215

N-[3-(2- methoxyethoxy)-1- methyl-indazol-6-yl]- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.730 min, M + H = 339.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 216

N-[1-methyl-3-(oxetan- 3-yloxy)indazol-6-yl]- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.732 min, M + H = 337.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 217

N-[1-methyl-3-(2- morpholinoethoxy) indazol-6-yl]-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: RT = 0.569 min, M + H = 394.0; >91% @ 215 and >92% @ 254 nm II 218

N-[1-methyl-3-(4- pyridyl)indazol-6-yl]- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.664 min, M + H = 342.1 V 219

N-[4-chloro-3- (cyclopropylmethoxy)- 1-methyl-indazol-6-yl]- 1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-3-amine M + 1 = 368.8 II 220

N-[3-(3-fluorophenyl)- 1-methyl-indazol-6-yl]- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 1.00 min, M + H = 359.1 V 221

N-[3-(1- isopropylpyrazol-4-yl)- 1-methyl-indazol-6-yl]- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.850 min, M + H = 373.2 V 222

N-[1-methyl-3-(1- methylpyrazol-3- yl)indazol-6-yl]-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.810 min, M = 344.1 V 223

N-[3-(cyclopenten-1-yl)- 1-methyl-indazol-6-yl]- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.957 min, M + H = 331.2 V 224

1-methyl-3-[1-methyl-6- (1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- ylamino)indazol-3- yl]pyridin-2-one LCMS: Rt = 0.723 min, M = H = 372.1 V 225

N-(1-methyl-3- ((tetrahydro-2H-pyran- 4-yl)oxy)-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.827 min, M + H = 365.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 226

N-(1-methyl-3-(3- phenoxypropoxy)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 1.058, M + H = 415.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 227

N-(3-(2-(2- fluorophenoxy)ethoxy)- 1-methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 1.014 min, M + H = 419.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 228

N-(3-(2-(4- fluorophenoxy)ethoxy)- 1-methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 1.025 min, M + H = 419.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 229

N-(1-methyl-3-((3- methylpyridin-2- yl)oxy)-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.907 min, M + H = 372.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 230

N-(1-methyl-3-(pyridin- 2-ylmethoxy)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.697 min, M + H = 372.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 231

6-((6-((1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)-1- methyl-1H-indazol-3- yl)oxy)picolinonitrile LCMS: Rt = 0.858 min, M + H = 383.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 232

N-(1-methyl-3-((4- methylpyridin-2- yl)oxy)-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 1.013 min, M + H = 372.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 233

N-(1-methyl-3-((6- methylpyridin-2- yl)oxy)-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 1.034 min, M + H = 372.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 234

N-(1-methyl-3-(pyridin- 2-yloxy)-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.973 min, M + H = 358.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 235

2-((6-((1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)-1- methyl-1H-indazol-3- yl)oxy)nicotinonitrile LCMS: Rt = 0.829 min, M + H = 383.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 236

N-(3-((6-chloropyridin- 2-yl)oxy)-1-methyl-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 1.094 min, M + H = 392.0; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 237

6-((6-((1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)-1- methyl-1H-indazol-3- yl)oxy)nicotinonitrile LCMS: Rt = 0.842 min, M + H = 383.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 238

N-(1-methyl-3-(pyridin- 4-ylmethoxy)-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.688 min, M + H = 372.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 239

N-(1-methyl-3-propoxy- 1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.915 min, M + H = 323.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 240

N-(3-(methoxy-d3)-1- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.774 min, M + H = 298.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 241

N-(3-(ethoxy-1,1-d2)-1- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.821 min, M + H = 311.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 242

N-(3-butoxy-1-methyl- 1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.990 min, M + H = 337.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 243

N-(1-methyl-3- phenethoxy-1H-indazol- 6-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 1.036 min, M + H = 385.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 244

N-(3-isobutoxy-1- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.988 min, M + H = 337.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm II 245

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- (2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)- 1H-indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.932 min, M + H = 373.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 246

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- ethyl-1H-indazol-6-yl)- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.835 min, M + H = 319.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 247

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1H- indazol-6-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.660 min, M + H = 291.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 248

N-(1-isopropyl-3- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.803 min, M + H = 307.1; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 249

3-cyclopropyl-1- isopropyl-N-(4,5,6,7- tetrahydro-1H-indazol- 3-yl)-1H-indazol-6- amine LCMS: Rt = 0.956 min, M + H = 336.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 250

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- isopropyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-indazol-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 1.031 min, M + H = 332.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 251

N-(3-cyclopropyl-1- isopropyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.907 min, M + H = 333.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 252

N-(1-isopropyl-3- methyl-1H-indazol-6- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.779 min, M + H = 307.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm VI 253

3-methyl-N-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-yl)-1-(2,2,2- trifluoroethyl)pyrazolo [3,4-b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.773 min, M + H = 348.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 254

1-cyclopentyl-3-methyl- N-(1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- yl)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.873 min, M + H = 334.4; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 255

3-[3-methyl-5-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-1-yl]propan-1- ol LCMS: Rt = 0.460 min, M + H = 306.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 256

2-[3-methyl-5-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-ylamino)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-1-yl]ethanol LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.585 min, M + H = 310.4, >98% at 254 nm 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): verified, >95% X 257

1-(cyclopropylmethyl)- 3-methyl-N-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-yl)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.519 min, M + H = 320.4, >98% at 220 nm and 254 nm X 258

1-ethyl-3-methyl-N- (1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- yl)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.668 min, M + H = 294.4, >98% at 220 nm and 254 nm X 259

3-methyl-N-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-yl)-1-tetrahydropyran- 4-yl-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.695 min, M + H = 350.3, >98% at 220 nm and 254 nm X 260

1-cyclohexyl-3-methyl- N-(1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- yl)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.920 min, M + H = 348.3, >98% at 220 nm and 254 nm X 261

1-(2-methoxyethyl)-3- methyl-N-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-yl)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.638 min, M + H = 324.4, >98% at 220 nm and 254 nm X 262

1-(2,2-dimethylpropyl)- 3-methyl-N-(1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-yl)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.896 min, M + H = 336.4, >98% at 220 nm and 254 nm X 263

1-cyclopropyl-3-methyl- N-(1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- yl)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS (90 second method). RT = 0.682 min, M + H = 306.4, >98% at 220 nm and 254 nm; Purified using Gilson HPLC system with acidic method (ACN/water/0.1% TFA), column size: 30 × 50 nm, gradient: 18-47%, gradient time: 4.0 min X 264

3-methyl-1-propyl-N- (1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3- yl)pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-5-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.755 min, M + H = 308.4.2, >98% at 220 nm and 254 nm. Purified using reverse phase Gilson HPLC system with acidic method (ACN/water/0.1% TFA), column size: 30 × 50 nm, gradient: 23-53%, gradient time: 4.0 min X 265

N-(3-methyl-1-(4- methylpyridin-2-yl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazin- 3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.983 min, M + H = 537.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm X 266

N-(3-methyl-1-(pyridin- 2-yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)- 1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyrazin-3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 343.1, M + H = 343.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm X 267

N-(1-isopropyl-3- methyl-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.733 min, M + H = 308.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 268

N-(1,3-dimethyl-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.653 min, M + H = 280.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 269

N-(1H-indazol-3-yl)-1- isopropyl-3-methyl-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 5-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.873 min, M + H = 307.2’ >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 270

N-(1-isopropyl-3- methyl-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.744 min, M + H = 308.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 271

N-(1H-indazol-3-yl)- 1,3-dimethyl-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 5-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.761 min, M + H = 279.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 272

N-(1,3-dimethyl-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS: Rt = 0.617 min, M + H = 280.2; >98% @ 215 and 254 nm X 273

N-(3-methyl-1-(2- (piperidin-1-yl)ethyl)- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS (90 second method). RT = 0.983 min, M + H = 537.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 274

N-(3-chloro-1-isobutyl- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 343.1, M + H = 343.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 275

N-(3-chloro-1-(2,2,2- trifluoroethyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.983 min, M + H = 537.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 276

N-(3-chloro-1- cyclobutyl-1H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 343.1, M + H = 343.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 277

N-(3-chloro-1-((3- methylisoxazol-5- yl)methyl)-1H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.983 min, M + H = 537.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 278

2-(5-((1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-yl)amino)-3- chloro-1H-indazol-1- yl)acetic acid LCMS (90 second method): RT = 343.1, M + H = 343.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 279

N-(3-chloro-1-((5- methylisoxazol-3- yl)methyl)-1H-indazol- 5-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.983 min, M + H = 537.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 280

N-(3-chloro-1- isopropyl-1H-indazol-5- yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 343.1, M + H = 343.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 281

N-(1-butyl-3-chloro-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.983 min, M + H = 537.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 282

N-(3-chloro-1-(methyl- d3)-1H-indazol-5-yl)- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 343.1, M + H = 343.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 283

N-(3-methyl-1-(4- (piperidin-1-yl)butyl)- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.983 min, M + H = 537.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 284

N-(3-chloro-1- (cyclopropylmethyl)- 1H-indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 343.1, M + H = 343.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 285

N-(3-chloro-1- (cyclobutylmethyl)-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.983 min, M + H = 537.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 286

N-(1-(sec-butyl)-3- chloro-1H-indazol-5-yl)- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 343.1, M + H = 343.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 287

N-(3-chloro-1-((3,3- difluorocyclobutyl)meth- yl)-1H-indazol-5-yl)- 1H-pyrazolo[4,3- b]pyridin-3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 0.983 min, M + H = 537.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI 288

N-(1-((3,3- difluorocyclobutyl)meth- yl)-3-methyl-1H- indazol-5-yl)-1H- pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridin- 3-amine LCMS (90 second method): RT = 343.1, M + H = 343.1, >98%@215 and 254 nm VI Example EC₅₀ (μM) 1 0.043 2 0.029 3 0.525 4 0.02 5 0.364 6 0.051 7 1.23 8 0.016 9 0.064 10 0.515 11 4.22 12 0.128 13 0.043 14 >10 15 0.078 16 >10 17 >10 18 >10 19 >10 20 >10 21 0.764 22 0.01 23 0.036 24 0.038 25 0.313 26 >10 27 >10 28 0.068 29 0.025 30 0.129 31 0.171 32 0.571 33 >10 34 4.3 35 0.992 36 0.526 37 3.15 38 0.263 39 0.765 40 0.147 41 1.42 42 4.0 43 0.16 44 0.413 45 0.104 46 0.215 47 >10 48 4.4 49 4.6 50 0.323 51 0.15 52 0.718 53 0.247 54 0.865 55 0.790 56 0.315 57 >10 58 2.29 59 >10 60 0.790 61 0.133 62 0.914 63 0.085 64 0.067 65 0.076 66 0.117 67 >10 68 >10 69 0.145 70 0.870 71 0.342 72 0.047 73 0.186 74 0.265 75 0.187 76 0.051 77 0.157 78 0.129 79 0.813 80 0.167 81 >10 82 0.136 83 0.202 84 0.818 85 0.057 86 0.0514 87 0.749 88 0.072 89 >10 90 >10 91 0.019 92 0.081 93 >10 94 >10 95 0.035 96 0.863 97 0.575 98 >10 99 0.757 100 0.258 101 >10 102 0.367 103 0.125 104 0.083 105 >10 106 0.145 107 0.374 108 0.345 109 0.059 110 0.119 111 0.036 112 0.095 113 0.123 114 0.045 115 0.135 116 0.096 117 1.46 118 0.867 119 0.295 120 0.144 121 0.377 122 0.049 123 0.218 124 0.109 125 1.53 126 0.264 127 0.154 128 0.049 129 1.3 130 0.063 131 0.107 132 0.330 133 0.379 134 0.077 135 0.832 136 0.253 137 0.436 138 3.4 139 0.310 140 0.455 141 0.815 142 >10 143 >10 144 >10 145 >10 146 >10 147 1.26 148 3.53 149 >10 150 >10 151 0.582 152 0.371 153 0.413 154 0.17 155 0.16 156 0.11 157 0.11 158 0.2 159 3.94 160 0.888 161 >10 162 0.498 163 2.21 164 1.11 165 0.801 166 >10 167 1.58 168 0.903 169 4.61 170 2.34 171 0.765 172 0.289 173 0.825 174 0.116 175 0.794 176 0.653 177 0.467 178 4.18 179 2.72 180 >10 181 0.087 182 0.198 183 0.224 184 0.083 185 0.164 186 1.88 187 2.36 188 0.112 192 0.185 194 0.146 195 0.0966 207 0.482 209 0.322 214 1.880 216 0.629 217 0.238 218 0.871 225 0.046 231 0.119 237 0.157 238 0.0658 239 0.171 240 0.294 241 0.356 244 0.231 247 0.452 253 0.24 254 >10 255 >30 256 >10 257 >10 258 0.48 259 3.7 260 0.44 261 2.33 262 0.16 263 0.41 264 0.15 265 0.23 266 0.077 267 >10 268 >30 269 2.55 270 >30 271 >10 272 >10 273 4.36 274 3.02 275 2.72 276 >10 277 0.31 278 1.56 279 0.29 280 >10 281 2.43 282 >10 283 3.51 284 >10 285 1.98 286 >10 287 2.99 288 0.68

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. Other aspects of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. It is in tended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

Unless otherwise indicated, all numbers expressing quantities of ingredients, properties such as reaction conditions, and so forth used herein are to be understood as being modified in all instances by the term “about.” Accordingly, unless indicated, to the contrary, the numerical parameters set forth in the herein are approximations that may vary depending upon the desired properties sought to be determined by the present invention. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A compound having a structure represented by the formula:

wherein the variables are substituted when permissible or unsubstituted and: X and Y together form:

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN; R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy; X₁ is N, C, CH, CD, CR₁; X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂; X₃ is N, C, CH, CD, CR₁; provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is C or CR₁; R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R₃, O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkenyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-heterocycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-heterocycloalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-heterocycloalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl, O-dioxothianyl, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heterocycloalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methyl sulfonyl, O-heterocycloalkyl, O-alkoxy-heterocycloalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkyl-phenyl, heterocycloalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl; R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-heterocycloalkyl, alkoxy-heterocycloalkyl, O-alkoxy-heterocycloalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxy-heterocycloalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, heterocycloalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; heterocycloalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, SO₂R₃, OR, O-aryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkenyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-heterocycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-heterocycloalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothianyl, methyl sulfonyl; R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridinyl, nitrilepyridinyl, chloropyridinyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
 2. The compound of claim 1, wherein R, when present, is F.
 3. The compound of claim 1, wherein Z is N, CH, CD, or C—Cl.
 4. The compound of claim 1, of the following formula:


5. The compound of claim 1, of the following formula:


6. The compound of claim 5, wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.
 7. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, trifluoroalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.
 8. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl, CO—CF₃, CD₂-alkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkyl-phenyl.
 9. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl.
 10. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, heteroaryl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.
 11. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, heteroaryl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.
 12. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, CD₃.
 13. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R is H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, heteroaryl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.
 14. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein Z is N, C—H, C-Me, C—O-Me; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CN, methyl sulfonyl, O-alkoxy, O-heterocycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkoxy-heterocycloalkyl, halogen, and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-acetic acid, heterocycloalkyl, CD₃.
 15. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkenyl.
 16. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkyl-cycloalkyl, R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl.
 17. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.
 18. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein Z is N, CH, CD, C-halogen, C—O-Me; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, methylsulfonyl; and R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, CD₃.
 19. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-heterocycloalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl, O-dioxothianyl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heterocycloalkyl, O-heterocycloalkyl, O-alkoxy-heterocycloalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl.
 20. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R may be optionally present and when present is F; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkoxy, hydroxyl, cycloalkyl, methysulfonyl; R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl.
 21. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R may be optionally present and when present is O—Me; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.
 22. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl; or a compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₂ is alkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkylheteroaryl.
 23. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R is F; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CD₃.
 24. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.
 25. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein Y is N or CH; Z is CH, CD, C—Cl, N; R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, alkenyl, CD₃, alkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl; and R₃ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl.
 26. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

wherein Y is N or CH; Z is CH, C—Cl, or N.
 27. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

Z is CH, CD, C—Cl, N; R is optionally and independently present, and when present is H, alkyl, F; R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; and R₃ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CD₃.
 28. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

R₁ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; R₂ is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl; and R₃ is alkoxy phenyl, pyridinyl, nitrilepyridinyl, chloropyridinyl.
 29. A compound of claim 1, where X₁ is N and R₁ is alkyl, alkenyl, CH2-cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, heteroaryl, alkyl-heterocycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CD₃, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl.
 30. A compound of claim 1, where X₁ is CH and R₁ is CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-heterocycloalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-heterocycloalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-dioxothianyl, hydroxyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, O-heteroalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methyl sulfonyl.
 31. A compound of claim 7, where R₁ is cyclopentylmethyl, cyclobutylmethyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopropyl, cyclohexyl, tetrahydropyranyl, methoxyethyl.
 32. A compound of claim 8, wherein R₁ is heteroaryl and heteroaryl is pyridinyl.
 33. A compound of claim 10, wherein R₁ is heteroaryl and heteroaryl is pyridinepyrazolyl.
 34. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:


35. A compound of formula 1, of the following formula:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
 36. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
 37. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
 38. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
 39. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of claim 1, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 40. A compound of claim 1, wherein heteroaryl in R₁ is substituted or unsubstituted and chosen from isoxazolyl, methyl-isoxazolyl, alkyl-isoxazolyl, benzoisoxazolyl, quinnolinyl, pyridinyl, nitrilepyridinyl, or chloropyridinyl.
 41. A compound of claim 19, of the following formula:

and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
 42. A compound of claim 22, of the following formula:

and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
 43. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
 44. A compound of claim 1, of the following formula:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
 45. A method for the treatment of a neurotransmission dysfunction associated with mGluR4 activity in a mammal comprising the step of administering to the mammal at least one compound in a dosage and amount effective to treat the dysfunction in the mammal, the compound having a structure represented by the formula:

wherein the variables are substituted when permissible or unsubstituted and: X and Y together form:

Z is N, CH, CD, or C-halogen, C-Me, C—O-Me, C—CN; R is independently chosen from H, Cl, F, CN, alkyl, cycloalkyl, Me, OMe, alkoxy; X₁ is N, C, CH, CD, CR₁; X₂ is N, NR₁, or NR₂; X₃ is N, C, CH, CD, CR₁; provided that one of X₁ or X₃ is C or CR₁; R₁ is independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, halogen, CF₃, Cl, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, aryl, heteroaryl, SO₂R₃, O—R, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, NHR, NR₂R₂, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkenyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, O-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-heterocycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-heterocycloalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, alkoxy-heterocycloalkyl, O-alkoxy, O-phenyl, O-alkoxyphenyl, O-dioxothianyl, hydroxyl, alkoxy, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heterocycloalkyl, alkoxy-heteroalkyl, methyl sulfonyl, O-heterocycloalkyl, O-alkoxy-heterocycloalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkyl-phenyl, heterocycloalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, CO-alkyl, CO-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl-cycloalkyl, CO-amino-alkyl-sulfonylmethyl, CO-amino-cycloalkyl; R₂ is independently H, heteroaryl, alkyl, phenyl, aryl, O-heterocycloalkyl, alkoxy-heterocycloalkyl, O-alkoxy-heterocycloalkyl, O-alkoxyaryl, O-heteroaryl, alkoxy-heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkoxy-heterocycloalkyl, alkyl-phenyl, heterocycloalkyl, O—CD₃, O—CD₂R, hydroxyl, amino, cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CO-alkyl; heterocycloalkyl, H, CF₃, halogen, CD₃, CD₂R, CDRR₂, SO₂R₃, OR, O-aryl, NHR, NR₁R₁, perfluorinated alkyl, heteroalkyl, benzyl, heteroaryl benzyl (CH₂heteroaryl), alkenyl, alkyl-cycloalkyl, CH₂-cycloalkyl, CH₂—CF₃, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl-alkoxy, alkyl-heterocycloalkyl, alkyl-heteroaryl, O-alkyl-heteroaryl, alkyl-carboxylic acid, CO—CF₃, alkyl-CO—O-alkyl, CO-alkyl-sulfonyl-alkyl, CO-heterocycloalkyl, CO—NH-cycloalkyl, CN, alkoxy-cycloalkyl, O-dioxothianyl, methyl sulfonyl; R₃ is H, alkyl, alkoxyphenyl, pyridinyl, nitrilepyridinyl, chloropyridinyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein the dysfunction is Parkinson's disease. 